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From Syd Chaplin: A Biographyby Lisa K. Stein, McFarland, 2011Sydney and Gypsy's first visit to Charlie's new residence in Vevey, Switzerland occurred May 22, 1954 & pretty much every day...
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World Tour Revisited: Chaplin in Egypt, March 1932
Note: I should have posted this last week. I was unsure of the exact date of Chaplin's arrival in Egypt. The Chaplin Archive website has photos of Chaplin in Cairo stamped with a date of March 20th, so...
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Douglas Fairbanks, Allan Dwan, and Charlie, Pickfair Studios, 1922
A similar set of photos can be seen here.
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Spring Is Here
"Spring Song" (Limelight, 1952)Below are Charlie's original handwritten lyrics for the song:From Limelight: Project Chaplin N. 1
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THE GOLD RUSH on TCM tomorrow night (3/21) @ 10:45 PM (EST)
The film is part of Anthony Bourdain's "Food in the Movies" series on Friday nights this month.
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Chaplin's Mann Act trial begins, March 21st, 1944
Chaplin with his attorney Jerry Giesler, at the Los Angeles Federal Building, March 21, 1944Chaplin arrived at the courthouse at 9:15am wearing a "navy blue double-breasted suit, gleaming black shoes,...
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Never-before-seen Chaplin film
My friend Dominique Dugros sent me these wonderful screen shots from a previously unknown (at least to me, and probably to most of you) short film that might possibly be a precursor to the 1918...
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World Tour Revisited: The Chaplin brothers visit Ceylon (Sri Lanka), circa...
Illustration by Robert Gellert for "A Comedian Sees The World,"Woman's Home Companion, December 1933The voyage from Egypt to Ceylon was "uneventful and the weather calm throughout," remembered Charlie....
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Joan Barry testifies during Mann Act trial, March 23-24, 1944
Joan was "highly nervous" and spoke in a soft voice--so soft, the judge had to tell her to speak up. Although Chaplin "glared" at her, sometimes through horn-rimmed glasses, she never once looked in...
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Catalina Island, c. 1930
Note that Charlie and Georgia are holding hands, aww...This is a slightly different photo than the one in Georgia Hale's book.L-R: Grigori Alexandrov, CC, Georgia Hale, Sergei Eisenstein
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CRUEL, CRUEL LOVE, released March 26th, 1914
Directed by George NicholsScreenplay by Craig HutchinsonCharlie's fiancee (Minta Durfee) jumps to the wrong conclusion when she sees him assisting her maid (Eva Nelson) who has twisted her ankle. She...
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Chaplin with his friend, cartoonist Ralph Barton, on the set of CITY LIGHTS
In the early 1910s, Barton was roommates in New York City with (another favorite of mine) actor William Powell.
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World Tour Revisited: Singapore, March 27th, 1932
The Chaplin brothers arrive in SingaporeOur next port is Singapore, meaning in the Malay language, the City of Lions. Near Singapore the scenery is fantastically beautiful. Trees grow out of the ocean...
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Charlie and Paulette in San Francisco, 1936
Jean Cocteau's face is cut off behind Paulette.
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