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Rare posed photos of Chaplin from 1914
Chaplin's costume is similar, except for the tie, to the one he wears in Getting Acquainted, so perhaps these photos were going to be used for publicity purposes. No photographer is given. All I can...
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Update on the newly found photos
First of all, I want to thank Dominique Dugros for his great detective work. It's truly amazing (and I don't use that overused word often) what we can find out about 100 year old photos in the space of...
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"The Private Life Of Chaplin" by Mildred Harris
Charlie's first wife, Mildred Harris, wrote this series of articles, "The Private Life Of Chaplin" which were published in the Winnipeg Tribune in 1936. They are longer and somewhat more in-depth than...
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Florence Deshon
Florence Deshon, c.1918In the summer of 1919, Charlie was introduced to a budding actress named Florence Deshon.1 At the time she was the girlfriend of his friend, writer Max Eastman.2 She was not...
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Chaplin with Hollywood French instructor, Georges Jomier
Possibly at the Hearst castle in San Simeon, circa late 1920s.
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Various views of 1085 Summit Drive, c.1939
These photos are marked as publicity for The Great Dictator, so they were probably taken sometime between 1938-1940.The first real home Chaplin ever owned was built in 1922 on 6 acres of land on a...
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THE FIREMAN, released June 12, 1916
"I was passing a firehouse one day, for example, and heard a fire alarm ring in. I watched the men sliding down the pole, climbing onto the engine, and rushing off to the fire. At once a train of comic...
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Chaplin with visitors at the Lone Star Studio, c. 1916
Sydney Chaplin is second from left.
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World Tour Revisited: Charlie arrives in Vancouver, eh?
After a short stay at the William Head quarantine station near Victoria, the Hikawa Maru docked in Vancouver on the morning of June 13th, 1932. Sometime later, a weary Chaplin, who hadn't been to...
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World Tour Revisited: Back in America, June 14th, 1932
Charlie poses on the deck of the Hikawa Maru in Seattle.Seattle at last! I am interviewed by the press. Everyone seems warm and friendly. Something has happened to America since I've been away. That...
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"A little off-stage comedy stuff" with Charlie and Mabel
The Day Book (Chicago, IL), August 15, 1915
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World Tour Revisited: Charlie comes home, June 16th, 1932
Chaplin at the Southern Pacific Railroad stationin Los Angeles, June 16, 1932The trail is nearly over and I am returning to Hollywood. Looking back on my holidays leaves me with an outstanding...
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THE IMMIGRANT, released June 18th, 1917
Some sources give the release date as the 17th but it's really the 18th.This was Chaplin's second to last film for the Mutual Film Corporation. The day before its release, he signed his first...
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Charlie with sister-in-law, Minnie, on the set of CITY LIGHTS, c. 1930
Minnie Gilbert Chaplin, a former Fred Karno Company performer, was the first wife of Charlie's half-brother, Sydney (although there is no legal record of their marriage). She appeared in five of...
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Round The Lot With Charlie
The following quotes plus the first two photos are from "Round The Lot With Charlie,"Picture Show, September 20th, 1919 (the author's name is not given). The man in the photos with Charlie is boxer...
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Charlie, Paulette, and others on Joseph Schenck's yacht, August 1933
Charlie and Paulette met aboard Schenck's yacht the previous summer.L-R: Alva Green, Harry Green, Grace Poggi, Joseph Schenck, Margaret LaMarr, & Paulette (who is tickling Charlie's feet in the top...
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