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Chaplin at Lake Arrowhead, CA, 1934
The original captions say he is looking over his notes for Modern Times.
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Just in time for Thanksgiving
Charlie's Apple Roll recipe:This recipe originally appeared in the 1916 book Celebrated Actor-Folks' Cookeries: A Collection of The Favorite Foods of Famous Players. More recipes from the book can be...
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UK Penguin reprint of David Robinson's definitive bio "Chaplin: His Life &...
Click here to order.While I think this book is a great resource and a must-read for fans, I personally think there's room for a new comprehensive bio of Chaplin. That's not such a tall order, is it?
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Czech writer & journalist Egon Erwin Kisch visits the set of CITY LIGHTS, 1929
Following his visit, Kisch wrote an article entitled “I Work With Charlie Chaplin." In it, he describes Chaplin agonizing over a way to show how the flower girl comes to believe Charlie is a...
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Chaplin greets fans in Detroit, October 1923
Charlie was en route to Los Angeles from New York, where he had attended the premiere of A Woman Of Paris. The highlight of his pitstop in Detroit was a visit to the Ford assembly plant.
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World Tour Revisited: Chaplin is sued for backpay by his secretary, May Shepherd
On February 19th, 1931, not long after Chaplin arrived in London from America, his press agent Carlyle Robinson hired May Shepherd to help with the growing fan mail problem, which had become too...
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Random Excerpt
From "No Talkies For Charlie: Some Intimate and Never-Told Facts About the Screen's Only Practical Genius" by Harry Lang, Photoplay, May 1930Charles Chaplin likes stewed tripe and hates whiskey. He...
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THE RINK, released December 4th, 1916
To give an idea of The Rink's popularity with audiences, here is a clipping from a 1917 issue of Motography. It's hard to tell if the owner of the theater was being serious or not, but it's funny...
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Behind-the-scenes footage of Chaplin directing City Lights
Filmed c.1929 by Chaplin's friend, Ralph Barton, this footage not only shows Chaplin directing one of his most famous and beloved films, but it also shows us a side of his personality that we don't...
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Charlie with daughters Josephine (in his lap) & Geraldine at the Knie Circus...
Chaplin family friend, Jerry Epstein, is at far left.
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HIS PREHISTORIC PAST, released December 7th, 1914
In his final film for Keystone, Charlie plays Weakchin, a prehistoric man, who wears a bearskin, a derby hat, and carries a cane. In My Autobiography, Charlie described how he came up with the idea: "I...
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