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Chicago, 1925
Charlie at a train station in Chicago en route to New York for the premiere of The Gold Rush. During his overnight stay he was interviewed by a local reporter who asked about his wife (Lita Grey) and...
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A roast duck becomes a football in MODERN TIMES (1936)
It’s Super Bowl day here in the U.S. If you’re a football fan & plan to watch, I hope you enjoy the game (and your team wins!)
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United Artists, formed Feb. 5th, 1919
On this day 94 years ago, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, D.W. Griffith & Charlie Chaplin, seeking more artistic and financial control over the production and distribution of their films, founded...
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Charlie with "Dinky" Dean Riesner, c. 1922
These photos were taken at Charlie's Summit Drive home in Beverly Hills.Riesner played the mischievous child in Chaplin’s 1923 film (and one of my personal favorites), The Pilgrim. Almost fifty years...
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Charlie arrives at the New York City premiere of CITY LIGHTS, Feb. 6th, 1931
Charlie is accompanied by Ralph Barton and Millicent Hearst (wife of William Randolph Hearst). Due to the large crowd awaiting his arrival, Charlie & his guests had to be escorted into the theater...
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KID AUTO RACES AT VENICE, released Feb. 7th, 1914
This was the first film released to the public in which Chaplin appeared as the Little Tramp. Another Keystone comedy, Mabel’s Strange Predicament, in which he also appears in his tramp costume, was...
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EASY STREET (1917)
This was Chaplin's ninth film for Mutual and is another of my personal favorites.The T-shaped set for Easy Street is a throwback to the streets of Chaplin’s childhood, as well as the run-down buildings...
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Hollywood party at Fay Wray's, 1930
Georgia Hale is third from the left, next to Charlie.Photo source: New Movie, December 1930Charlie's date was Georgia Hale, his leading lady in The Gold Rush (who never looks like the dance hall girl...
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(from the documentary The Gentleman Tramp)
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Photo of Charlie by Frank Fischbeck, 1967
By coincidence, the photographer was in the same departure lounge as Charlie at Kai Tak Airport in Hong Kong. "Recognizing him, I approached and asked if I might photograph him. He was courteous and...
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Cover of TIME magazine, Feb. 9th, 1931
The following is from the magazine's cover story about Charlie's latest film, City Lights (note the cover photo is from The Circus):Hollywood is volatile, jealous and perhaps sinful. But it is...
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With writer, Elmer Ellsworth, c. 1921
Clockwise from top: Albert Austin, Chuck Riesner (in costume for The Kid), Charlie, & Ellsworth.Chaplin was introduced to his "sarcastic friend" Ellsworth by Ford Sterling during his early days at...
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Charlie leaves New York for England aboard the Mauretania, February 1931
Charlie's immediate plan for this trip was to attend the London premiere of City Lights, and thereafter take a brief European vacation, perhaps of the duration of his month-long 1921 trip. No one would...
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Essanay Red Letter Postcard, 1915
This is a card from By The Sea. Margie Reiger is next to Charlie.
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