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2015 marks the 100th anniversary of Chaplin's Essanay films as well as Edna...
I'm glad that we will have a year to focus on Chaplin's Essanay films. Maybe it's just me, but I feel when people look at Chaplin's overall work the Essanays get neglected. I have to admit that if I'm...
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Chaplin joins Edmund Goulding, Marion Davies and Billie Dove for an afternoon...
L-R: director Goulding, star Marion Davies, CC, co-star Billie Dove
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Charlie & Oona at a train stop in Chicago on their way to New York City, January, 1950. Chaplin was traveling to NY to audition leading ladies for his upcoming film, Limelight.Lillian Ross of the...
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Chaplin, Keystone director Henry Lehrman (left), and cinematographer Frank D....
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Spanish journalist Marino Gomez-Santos delivers a letter to Chaplin from...
The following is a very loose translation of the events which were originally published in the Spanish newspaper, ABC, in 1968:In February 1964, Spanish journalist, Marino Gomez-Santos and photographer...
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Charlie and Elvis
Today marks what would have been Elvis Presley's 80th birthday. What does this have to do with Charlie Chaplin? Well, I have always felt that Charlie and Elvis had very similar stories. Besides the...
View ArticleChaplin receiving the International Peace Prize (1954)
Some of this footage was new to me. Sadly, it's silent.
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A Day's Pleasure (1919) footage comparison
Here's another interesting comparison by João Antonio Franz. The Russian version appears to have some alternate takes and additional footage not seen in the Chaplin Revue version.
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Photos of Chaplin with his 162-lb marlin swordfish at Catalina Island,...
Chaplin landed the fish in 22 minutes.On the right is Capt. J. Edmundson, one of the Catalina Island boatmen.Photo:Â www.idamay.orgChaplin's future wife Mildred Harris (they were married 17 days...
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Chaplin at the start of his Essanay career: Shy, cheerful, serious, and...
It was around this time 100 years ago that Chaplin arrived in Chicago to begin his new contract with the Essanay company. Eager to talk to the comedian about his move to the Windy City and his upcoming...
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Edna Purviance (October 21, 1895 - January 13, 1958)
Edna died of throat cancer at the Motion Picture Country Home 57 years ago today.1 She was 63. Her funeral was held at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, but she was interred at Grand View Cemetery in...
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Luncheon for Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw at the MGM studio...
Shaw flew to Hollywood from the Hearst Ranch in San Simeon, where he and his wife had been guests for several days. He was shown around the MGM lot by Marion Davies, who acted as host, visiting the...
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Recording session for LIMELIGHT, c.1952
Musical arranger Ray Rasch is on Chaplin's left.
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The skylight fall from THE GREAT DICTATOR (1940)
Above: The barber crashes through a skylight and is eventually apprehended by the stormtroopers. Watch the stunt here.Chaplin actually fell through the skylight in this scene--a 15-foot fall. The...
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