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Chaplin with notorious Hollywood gossip columnist, Louella Parsons, c.1940
Chaplin first met Parsons in 1915 when she was head of the scenario department at Essanay. On his first day at the studio, she handed him a script. Alarmed, he snapped at her, "I don't use other...
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A Comedian In New York (1925): Midnight premiere of The Gold Rush
Moe Mark, president of the Mark Strand Theater, greets Chaplin. At left is Joseph Plunkett,Managing Director. 8/16/25Chaplin arrived back in the city on the 15th after spending a day in Brighton Beach...
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Chaplin with his valet/secretary Kono (far left), c. 1933
They appear to be parked inside a tree tunnel, possibly at Yosemite National Park. I can't positively ID the man in the white suit. He looks a little like Upton Sinclair but that's strictly a guess.
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Chaplin at a train stop in Kansas City, January 1931
Charlie was en route to New York for the premiere of City Lights and then to England to begin his world tour.
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Chaplin with his attorney, Gavin McNab, August 1927Chaplin had been in New York since Lita filed her complaint for divorce in mid-January. Before heading to Los Angeles, he spent a couple of days...
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Throwback Thursday
This was the first of two "excerpt compilations" I posted (so far). It is a collection of "first impressions" of Chaplin by friends and reporters. To read the post, click the photo below.My second such...
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Chaplin sketch with signature, c. 1935
From "Life With Charlie Chaplin" by David Raksin, Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress, Summer 1983
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Obituary for Mack Swain, who passed away 79 years ago today
Chaplin's comments are near the bottom.Motion Picture Herald, August 31, 1935
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Charlie poses next to a Vanity Fair float at the Chaplin Studios, 1922
Photo by James Abbe.Photo property of Roy Export SAS/photo.charliechaplin.com
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THE MASQUERADER, released August 27th, 1914
This film is noted for Charlie's female impersonation (which is flawless), but to me, one of the best things about it is the business at the beginning with Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle. They will do a...
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Advertising tie-ins featuring The Great Dictator
Top photo: The Great Dictator: Chaplin Project Notebook N. 1Bottom photo: Showman's Trade Review, May 17, 1941
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THE FACE ON THE BARROOM FLOOR, released August 10th, 1914
Chaplin burlesques the poem "The Face Upon The Floor" by Hugh Antoine d'Arcy & uses several lines from the poem as title cards. The film's flashback storytelling technique is unusual for Chaplin...
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Editing Limelight, 1952
Other familiar faces include cameraman Rollie Totheroh in the background on the right. Assistant producer Jerry Epstein, wearing a dark shirt, in the photos on the left. The man on Charlie's left is...
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A Comedian In New York (1925): Part V: Chaplin poses for Edward Steichen
Chaplin sat for Steichen twice. Once in the summer of 1925, and again in February 1931. Both times were for Vanity Fair magazine and both times in New York when Chaplin was in the city promoting a...
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