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Charlie & Paulette at a Hollywood dinner dance in honor of British author,...
Wells was the houseguest of Charlie and Paulette during his visit. When Charlie would be busy with work (he was finishing up Modern Times at this point), Paulette would escort Wells to the movie...
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Christmas card from Chaplin, c. mid-1920s
Note the "CC" monogram at the top of the card. Below is another monogram that appeared on Chaplin's Christmas cards, c....
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Chaplin with his musical collaborators for Modern Times, 1935
L-R: Charles Dunworth (asst. to Alfred Newman), Alfred Newman (conductor, uncle of Randy Newman), CC, David Raksin (arranger), Paul Neal (recording engineer), and Edward Powell (arranger). Photo by Max...
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Charlie with a young Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
From: https://www.facebook.com/DouglasFairbanksJrCharlie is painting a mustache on his face--very cute. Doug, Jr. was born on this day in 1909.
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Last year, I began a series called "Christmas With Charlie" in which I presented stories from family & friends (or Charlie himself) about the Christmas holidays. I thought I would continue the...
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The following photos from 1924 show Charlie in costume for THE GOLD RUSH &...
These may be the only photos of the brothers in costume for different films.
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RIP Douglas Fairbanks (May 23, 1883 – December 12, 1939)
Charlie & Douglas on the set of Douglas' film, His Majesty, The American, 1919Charlie was introduced to Douglas Fairbanks by Constance Collier in 1916. Charlie later remembered not being very...
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Paulette Goddard on What's My Line? (1959)
Paulette was 49 at this time and still glamorous as ever. The previous year, she had married her last husband, Erich Maria Remarque, and was splitting her time between their home in Porto Ronco,...
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Charlie & Pola Negri with author Gouverneur Morris and his secretary (right),...
This was the same day Charlie and Pola announced their engagement.
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"Christmas Cards of Kinema Celebrities"
I'd like to have a set of these.Pictures & Picturegoer, December 1924
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Chaplin family Christmas card, c. 1972
The greeting is in Oona's handwriting. Back row L-R : Josephine holding her son Charly, Jane, Nick Sistovaris (Josephine’s then-husband), Eugene, Sydney with his son, Stephan, in front of him, Noelle...
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World Tour Revisited: Chaplin arrives in St. Moritz, Switzerland,...
I've never been intrigued by Switzerland. Personally I dislike all mountainous country. I feel hemmed in and isolated from from the rest of the world. The ominous presence of mountains towering above...
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A DAY'S PLEASURE, released December 15th, 1919
This scene was filmed at the back entrance of Chaplin's studio office. This film has some great intertitles. (The Kid has a similar intertitle: "Awkward ass.")
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Chaplin with Count de Besa & foreign diplomats, December 1927
Chaplin inscribed this photo: "To Joseph F. Triska, Consul of Czechoslovakia,My Best Wishes, Charlie Chaplin, Christmas 1927"
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Christmas with Charlie, Vol. 13
Pinnie, the Chaplin's nanny, describes Christmas 1962:Christmas came and we all looked forward to a family lunch together, Kay Kay1 and I included, also Auntie Gypsy2 from Lausanne. Another relation...
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