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The following is Jim Tully's first-hand account of the filming of the opening scenes of The Gold Rush on Donner Summit near Truckee, CA, early 1924:As we left the train a great shout of "He's...
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Screenland magazine contest: Win a Christmas gift from Charlie Chaplin
Screenland, December 1928According to the article: "Charlie's Xmas gift of the Graflex camera is a worthwhile present. There will be a silver plate on it with the winner's name inscribed thereon as...
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Jackie Coogan and Granville Redmond on the set of THE KID, 1920
Photo by James AbbeRedmond was a deaf painter who kept a studio on Chaplin's lot and had bit parts in a few of his films. In The Kid he plays a friend of the father.
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New film is a modern day tribute to THE KID
Directed by and starring David Scott Heck (his son plays the kid), this new film puts a modern day spin on Chaplin's 1921 classic. I'm usually very skeptical of this sort of thing but judging from the...
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Charlie and Douglas Fairbanks walk arm in arm at the Chaplin Studios, c. 1925
RIP Douglas (December 12, 1939)Mack Swain, in costume for The Gold Rush, is in the background.
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Chaplin & Paulette Goddard, c.1939
Given the date, the sad look on Charlie's face, and Paulette's black veil and dress, this photo may have been taken at Douglas Fairbanks' funeral in December 1939. Chaplin's hair is dyed for the...
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Charlie & Oona at a Hollywood preview of THE MEN starring Marlon Brando &...
According to the caption, the Chaplins entered the theater through a side street door in order to avoid the fanfare at the main entrance.
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Color photo, October 1940
Photo by the Daily News Color Studio, New YorkBecause I know you're looking for his blue eyes:
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Christmas with Charlie (and Jackie)
Another installment in my annual "Christmas With Charlie" series.From the Los Angeles Times, November 16, 1920:Charlie Chaplin emerged from seclusion yesterday to announce that he will be in Los...
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Paulette "a very smart girl," says John Barrymore
The Great Profile (or "pro-feel" as Barrymore called it) describes a night of charades at Chaplin's house where Paulette outsmarted both him and Charlie."13 Fascinating Women," by John Barrymore, Look,...
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CHARLIE CHAPLIN'S BURLESQUE ON CARMEN
Carmen was originally intended to be released as a two-reel film on December 18th, 1915 but was held by Essanay until Chaplin left the company. In April 1916, an expanded four-reel version of the film...
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Chaplin aboard the Van Lansberge, Batavia, Java, March 1932
Read more about his visit here.
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Chaplin, a filmmaker with courage
With all the hubbub surrounding the recent decision by Sony Pictures to pull the premier of The Interview, a film satirizing North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, due to threats by anonymous hackers, let's...
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Obituary for Eric Campbell who died on December 20th, 1917
Moving Picture World, January 5th, 1918His daughter's name was actually Una. Perhaps "Laura Austin" was a stage name.
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The Chaplins, Christmas 1952
Charlie and his family spent the holidays that year at the Beau Rivage Hotel in Lausanne. They had just moved there from the Savoy Hotel in London where they had been living since Chaplin was refused...
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Christmas card, 1942
The proceeds of these second front cards went to the Russian-American Society for Medical Aid To Russia.chaplin.bfi.org.uk
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