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Jack Oakie (November 12, 1903 – January 23, 1978)
Yesterday (the 23rd) marked the 35th anniversary of the death of Jack Oakie. His performance as Benzino Napaloni in The Great Dictator is absolutely brilliant & is one of my favorite things about...
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Photos of Charlie in Cairo from the cover of Egyptian magazine Al Lataif...
Brother Syd can be seen in a couple of of the photos as well.
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Quote of the week
"Remember, you can always stoop and pick up nothing."Charlie recalled that this was a favorite saying of his mother's. He also used the quote in Monsieur Verdoux.I try not to get too personal on this...
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Tennis at San Simeon, c. late 1920s
Familiar faces include Marion Davies, Bebe Daniels, Harry Crocker, Ralph Barton, Harry D'Arrast, and (of course) Charlie, among others.
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Charlie & Paulette at Players in Hollywood, September 1943
This was Charlie's first meeting with his ex following his remarriage to Oona O'Neill. (Photo courtesy of Lisa Stein Haven).I posted this picture earlier in the week but took it down due to some...
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100 years ago today
Source: Linda Wada @ Edna Purviance--Chaplin's Leading Lady"Sunday, January 26, 1913 - Fred Karno Company, with Charles Chaplin, were in San Francisco getting ready to perform a Sunday afternoon...
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On tour with the Fred Karno Co., Butte, MO, c. 1912-13
Seated next to Charlie is Stan Laurel.In his autobiography, Charlie recalled that the prettiest prostitutes in the West were in Butte:Butte boasted of having the prettiest women of any red-light...
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Charlie appears around the :50 mark with his guests Ambassador Moore & Will Hays. Apparently the crowds lining the sidewalk to see Charlie were so enormous that members of the National Guard had to...
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Premiere of THE CIRCUS Party for Marion Davies, 1928
I had always been under the impression that the above photos of Charlie with Gloria Swanson, Marion Davies & Harry Crocker were taken at a party following the Hollywood premiere of The Circus, but...
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CITY LIGHTS
City Lights premiered at the Los Angeles Theater on January 30th, 1931. Charlie's guests that evening were Albert Einstein and his wife, Elsa. Charlie recalled that the professor laughed like a boy and...
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"La Violetera"
Charlie was so taken with Spanish singer Raquel Meller's interpretation of Jose Padilla's "La Violetera" that he used the song in City Lights. I have a feeling he was probably a little taken with...
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Jean Harlow in CITY LIGHTS
Source: Charlie Chaplin: Artistry In Motion by Dan KaminStill from the nightclub scene in City Lights. Jean Harlow is at far left. She was hired to be an extra in this scene, but her appearance didn’t...
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HIS NEW JOB, released Feb. 1st, 1915
This was Charlie's first (and appropriately titled) film for Essanay and the only film he made at their Chicago studio. Although seen today as one of the lesser Chaplin Essanays, the film was received...
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VANITY FAIR gathering in New York, December 1920
From Vanity Fair, January 1921Next to Charlie is French actress Alice Delysia. His friend, playwright Edward Knoblock, is at bottom right. Boxer Georges Carpentier is standing second from left. Another...
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Buster Keaton (October 4th, 1895 - February 1st, 1966)
Portrait of Buster's character in Limelight (1952)Rest In Peace...
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99 years ago today
On February 2nd, 1914, Charlie made his first ever film appearance in Making A Living. Chaplin had not yet adopted his famous wardrobe. Instead, he sported a top hat, monocle & droopy, Fu Manchu...
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