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Chaplin & his crew on the set of CITY LIGHTS, c. 1930
Charlie is in costume except that he has replaced his bowler hat with a straw hat.Other familiar faces include: cameraman Rollie Totheroh (far left), press agentCarlyle Robinson (in the middle wearing...
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TANGO TANGLES, released March 9th, 1914
Directed by Mack Sennett.Filmed at the Venice Dance Hall, this film is unique because its three main characters (Chaplin, Roscoe Arbuckle, and Ford Sterling) appear without their usual costumes and...
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Chaplin at the Devon Horse Show in Devon, PA, 1927
              On the first photo someone has written: "Hollywood's greatest comic, sans moustache."
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Chaplin: 100 Years Of Laughter
"Because one hundred years later the world still needs people like Chaplin. He held a mirror up for us to laugh at our limitations, to weep at injustice, and to find hope in our ability to love. In his...
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THE CHAMPION (1915)
Written and directed by Charles Chaplin.Released March 11th, 1915, this was Chaplin's third film for Essanay.Charlie's training accoutrements: a very lightweight barbell & beer--lots of beer.Edna,...
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Directing A WOMAN OF PARIS--hopefully in a blue suit
Adolphe Menjou remembered that Chaplin's mood could be measured by the color of his suit:The regular studio staff members claimed that they could gauge his mood by the suit he was wearing. They would...
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Charlie reading Cinemagazine with Robert Florey, 1922
Florey was working as a reporter for the magazine at the time. They are looking at the June 16, 1922 issue (below) with French actor, Gaston Modot, on the cover.
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I'm looking forward to seeing this tonight
I have never seen a Chaplin film with a live orchestra so I'm vey excited. There was a nice write-up about the show in the Lexington paper yesterday, so I hope some people will come out to see it....
View ArticleChaplin performs the roll dance from The Gold Rush, out of costume
This is originally from the Ralph Barton home movie, Camille (1926).
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