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Lita Grey Chaplin (April 15, 1908 - December 29, 1995)
Lita outlived all of Charlie's wives and I find it interesting that she and Charlie both were born in April and died in December.
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Random Excerpt
One hundred years ago this month, Chaplin began work at the Keystone Studios. In this excerpt from My Autobiography, Chaplin describes his first meeting with Mack Sennet and his first days at the...
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Just in time for New Year's Eve...
This cocktail was created and originally served at New York's Waldorf-Astoria during the height of Chaplin's fame in the late 1910s.From the book Old Waldorf Bar Days (1931)
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Hey there,I'm taking a break due to illness. I know there are folks who check the blog daily or multiple times a day, so I didn't want you wondering if I'm still around. Needless to say, this isn't the...
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Photos from the London premiere of Chaplin's final film, A Countess From Hong...
Sophia Loren was pregnant & unable to attend.
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THE CIRCUS, released January 6th, 1928
Charlie, running from the cops, finds himself in the middle of a circus performance and unknowingly becomes the hit of the show. He falls for Merna, the equestrienne, but she only has eyes for Rex, the...
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Chaplin’s signed fingerprints from A King In New York
When Charlie/King Shahdov was fingerprinted during the filming of a scene, the fingerprint sheet was thrown out. An admirer fished it out of the trash and asked if she could have it. Chaplin approved,...
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Charlie and Paulette et. al. on rickshaws in Singapore, 1936
Paulette's mother, Alta.L-R: Paulette, Chaplin's chauffeur, Frank Hawa, Alta, & CC.
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Filmed 100 years ago today
The first film in which Chaplin appears as the Little Tramp onscreen was filmed January 10th, 1914 at a Venice "Kid Auto Race."* What exactly is a Kid Auto Race? Film historian John Bengston wrote a...
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World Tour (1931-32) Revisited: Out and About in St. Moritz, Switzerland, c....
Charlie:Charlie dancing with toilet paper.May Reeves*:With friends:Charlie and May with airplane manufacturer, Anthony Fokker. Reeves later recalled that the two men performed "a comic sketch: two...
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