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Edna Purviance in deleted scenes from THE KID
Edna and Carl MillerChaplin deleted 6-7 minutes of the film for the 1971 reissue. The scenes mostly involve the kid's parents played by Edna and Carl Miller. The deleted sequences can be seen on the...
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100 years ago today, KID AUTO RACES AT VENICE, the first film featuring the...
Chaplin biographer David Robinson refers to the “extraordinary phenomenon” that Kid Auto Races At Veniceis, noting in particular that “at the time it was shot, the Chaplin persona had still not...
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The tools of the trade
"I had no idea what makeup to put on. I did not like my get-up as the press reporter [in Making a Living]. However on the way to the wardrobe I thought I would dress in baggy pants, big shoes, a cane...
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Chaplin with Mary Pickford & her niece, Gwynne, 1919
Gwynne was the daughter of Mary's sister, Lottie.
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Charlie & Paulette at a wrestling match, February 1935
Note Charlie's glasses in the top photo.
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World Tour (1931-32) Revisited: Out & About in St. Mortiz, Pt. 2
Learning to ski, St. Moritz, c. 1932For those who may have just discovered "Discovering Chaplin," my "World Tour Revisited" series follows Chaplin chronologically on his 16-month world tour to promote...
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Charlie & Mabel Normand in MABEL'S STRANGE PREDICAMENT, released Feb. 9th, 1914
This was the first film in which Chaplin acted in his Tramp costume (it was filmed before Kid Auto Races At Venice, but released later.) The film also features Chaplin's first appearance with his first...
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RIP, Shirley Temple
Below are photos of Shirley with Paulette Goddard and Chaplin's eldest sons, Charlie, Jr, and Sydney, in Palm Springs, 1935
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Picture Show Art Supplement, December 11, 1926
“That is Charlie’s greatest asset. He plays his comedies on the strings of our hearts.”
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Charlie & Georgia Hale on the set of THE GOLD RUSH
Also shown are "Georgia's friends" played by: Betty Morrissey (far left), Joan Lowell (second from left), and Kay Deslys (far right).
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Surfer boy
I don't have a date for these photos but they may have been taken during Charlie's trip to Hawaii in 1917.
View ArticleChaplin's CITY LIGHTS with symphony orchestra featured at Catalina Island...
I hope this gets a great turnout. Catalina Island was a place Charlie loved dearly. http://ecatalina.com/news/2014-02-12/Chaplin-and-Symphony-Orchestra-featured-at-Catalina%20Island-Silent-Film-Benefit#
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The real Charlie with impersonator Charlie Rivel in Paris, 1952
The photo is currently up for sale on ebay. The caption says: "Charlie Rivel greets Chaplin at a Paris night club in typical Chaplin makeup."I wondered if the impersonator was really Rivel since he...
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Valentine greetings from "Chawley"
I posted this last year. I still think it's a bit scary.Motion Picture, March 1917
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70 years ago today...
Chaplin with his attorney Jerry Giesler.On February 14th, 1944, Charlie was booked and fingerprinted for violation of the Mann Act (transporting a woman across state lines for immoral purposes)1 and...
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