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Charlie with his half-brother and business manager, Sydney, and leading lady,...
Note the camera in the background, on the left, is fitted with a pendulum suspended beneath it to enhance the rocking effect of the boat. This technique was also used a couple of years later in A Day's...
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Charlie poses next to a car advertising the Greater Movie Season campaign in...
The Greater Movie Season was a nationwide, mid-summer campaign to increase movie attendance during the hot summer months.Chaplin was in Kansas City on his way to New York for the premiere of The Gold...
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World Tour Revisited: Charlie takes advantange of kabuki season in Tokyo
Charlie and Sydney with kabuki actor, Nakamura Kichiemon I, May 1932In an effort to divert Charlie's mind from the horrible events of his first couple of days in Tokyo, his longtime Japanese secretary,...
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"Charley" Drops In on Doug & Mary
Photoplay, September 1917Happy Birthday, Douglas Fairbanks!
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Charlie, Paulette, and Charlie, Jr. relaxing at Catalina Island, 1940
The caption (taped to the back of the photo) says that son Sydney had to stay home "to make up his studies." Poor Sydney.
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Article 7
Just a quick note.I'm taking a mini hiatus until Tuesday while I do some work on my house. There are some lovely people out there who check the blog every day or multiple times a day so I wanted to...
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POLICE, released May 27, 1916
This was Chaplin's final film for Essanay (or the last one he personally supervised) and was released after Chaplin had already joined the Mutual Film Corporation.There's also some mystery behind the...
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Article 4
I received my copy of the "Footlights" book in the mail today--all the way from Amazon UK. I can't wait to delve into this one.
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World Tour Revisited: The Chaplin brothers in Japan, May-June 1932
Charlie crammed as much as possible into his three-week stay in Japan. In addition to attending kabuki shows, sumo matches, and tea ceremonies, he played tennis, gorged on tempura (his favorite...
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A short vignette from the filming of PAY DAY
The following is an excerpt from "Speech Of Gold" by Harry Carr, Motion Picture, May 1922Hanging over the edge of a scaffolding, midway between me and the blue California sky, were the two most famous...
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Chaplin swimming off of William Randolph Hearst's yacht, c. 1920s
source: http://boobyfish.blogspot.com/2012/06/treasure-trove.html
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World Tour Revisited: Going back to Cali, June 2nd, 1932
After an 18th-month tour of the world, Chaplin, along with his secretary Toraichi Kono, boarded the SS Hikawa Maru at Yokohama and began his journey home. Before his departure, he had his favorite meal...
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Paulette Goddard posing outside of her dressing room at the Chaplin Studios,...
"Peter" was Paulette's nickname although I don't know the origin of it. Chaplin biographer David Robinson believes it was Chaplin's pet name for her, while other sources claim it was a name she gave...
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