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Hollywood party, c. early 1930s
L-R: Mary, Doug, CC, and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.Another photo from the party, below, appeared in Chaplin's 1975 book My Life In Pictures.L-R: Gary Cooper, Sally Eilers, CC, Elsa Maxwell, Countess...
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World Tour Revisited: Charlie "gleans the true meaning of life" from the...
Chaplin entered into the spirit of the place and ate rice with his fingers from dishes made of banana leaves, squatted on the ground to watch cockfights, and would go any distance to see a native dance...
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Premiere of MONSIEUR VERDOUX, New York City, April 11, 1947
Mary Pickford attended the opening with Charlie and Oona at the Broadway Theater. Charlie remembered that Mary, holding on to his hand, pushed her way through the packed lobby and propelled herself to...
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Monsieur Verdoux press conference, Gotham Hotel, NYC, April 12th, 1947
Brief audio clip from the press conference Held the day the after the disastrous premiere of Monsieur Verdoux in NYC (where members of the audience booed and hissed at the screen), this press...
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A DOG'S LIFE, released April 14, 1918
This was Chaplin's first "million dollar comedy" for First National and the first film he made in his newly built studio in Hollywood."Scraps--A Thoroughbred Mongrel." His real name was Mut (or Mutt)....
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Cover of CINÉ POUR TOUS, 1921
Mary is in costume for her film Through The Back Door (1921)
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Lita Grey posing in various costumes, c.1924
These photos were most likely taken at the Chaplin Studios.Happy Birthday to Lita, who was born on this day in 1908.
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Charlie with the French cartoonist, Cami (2nd from right), Paris, 1921
Chaplin remembered in My Trip Abroad that their meeting was difficult because neither spoke the other's language. The two would meet again ten years later when Charlie returned to Paris during his...
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Sydney Chaplin (March 16, 1885 - April 16, 1965)
Warner Bros. publicity photo, 1927 (sydchaplin.com)At 30 minutes passed midnight on his brother's 76th birthday, Sidney John Hill (aka Sydney Chaplin)* passed away in his apartment at the Hotel Ruhl in...
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My small contribution to the Chaplin/Goddard exhibit at the Catalina Island...
The photo in the middle of Charlie and Paulette walking on the boardwalk in Avalon is from my personal collection. It's pretty cool to see it on display. I only wish I could be there to see it in...
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At a tennis match with Georgia Hale, c. 1930
Behind them are Spanish filmmakers Edgar Neville (left) and Eduardo Ugarte.
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World Tour Revisited: The brothers say goodbye to Bali and return to Singapore
Charlie and Syd at the airport in Batavia, April 18th, 1932Before leaving Bali, the brothers' immediate plans were to backtrack through Java and return to Singapore where they would catch the boat to...
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Publicity photo for CITY LIGHTS
...with a photo from The Circus.Note Charlie's unevenly dyed hair.
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