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With Paulette and Fred Perry at the Pacific Southwest Tennis Tournament,...
This photo currently up for bid on ebay.One year later, Perry and Chaplin would team up against Groucho Marx and Ellsworth Vines in a doubles match to celebrate the opening of the Beverly Hills Tennis...
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With actor Maurice Schwartz (in costume) after a Yiddish Art Theater...
Photo of Chaplin with Schwartz out of costume here. Chaplin must have liked this photo of himself because he used a cropped version of it for years for autographs and publicity.Today the photo is...
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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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Chaplin's honorary Oscar for THE CIRCUS plus other items stolen in Paris
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/11401324/Charlie-Chaplins-honorary-Oscar-award-stolen-in-Paris.html
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Chaplin & French car manufacturer, André Citroën, St. Moritz, Switzerland, 1932
In May Reeves' book, she wrote about a picnic given by Citroën that she and Chaplin attended during their stay in St. Moritz. A clairvoyant was present and commented on various objects hidden by the...
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With Fannie Brice at the Trocadero, c. 1938
An early version of The Great Dictator script included a wife for Hynkel, a role intended for Brice. The following scene suggests that it may have encountered serious problems with the Breen office and...
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Hollywood premiere of MODERN TIMES, Grauman's Chinese Theater, February 12th,...
Chaplin's first film in five years was highly anticipated. Despite the rain, crowds were jammed outside the theater for blocks. The film had premiered one week before in New York at the Rivoli but...
View ArticleVery short clip of Charlie and his date, Georgia Hale, at the Hollywood...
The film starred Jean Harlow (who appeared as an extra in City Lights which CC was making at the time. Her footage was later cut but photos still exist of her appearance). See footage of other stars at...
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Three Minutes with Charlie Chaplin
NY Evening World, 8/31/21From the New York Evening World, August 31, 1921:By Marguerite Mooers MarshallCharlie Chaplin, the playboy of the movies, Charlie of the funny feet, the trained mustache, the...
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A NIGHT OUT, released February 15, 1915
Shot in Niles, CA, this film marks the 100th anniversary of Edna Purviance's first appearance onscreen.Even though she is adorable in the film, Edna herself didn't think much of her...
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Just popping in here for a second. We have at least a foot of snow on the ground here in central KY. I apologize for lack of posts the last couple of days. We didn't have power for a while yesterday...
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I'm planning to live tweet TCM's showing of Monsieur Verdoux this morning at 9:15 (EST)--time permitting & how quickly I can type. My Twitter site: https://twitter.com/DiscoverChaplin
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I usually dislike colorized photos of Charlie because most of them are horribly done and fake-looking. Plus I don't want to get on my soapbox about how I think it's a travesty to colorize photos by...
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Criterion edition of LIMELIGHT to be released May 19, 2015
It's nice to see some new special features on this one. Sadly, like their City Lights release, I'm not crazy about the artwork.http://www.criterion.com/films/27557-limelight
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British journalists visit United Artists, 1929
Back row (L-R): Henry C. Owen, Lili Damita, Ralph D. Blumenfeld, Joseph Schenck, Camilla Horn, Ronald Colman, Lady Peake, John Barrymore (in costume for Eternal Love), Vilma Banky. Front row: Samuel...
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Chaplin Studios covered in snow, January 1921
Alf Reeves & others outside the studio. ©Roy ExportJust a side note: We have received about 15" of snow here in KY. This is the most snow a generation of Kentuckians (inc. myself) have ever seen in...
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Chaplin, race car driver Malcolm Campbell, and jockey Steve Donoghue arrive...
CC, Donoghue, and Campbell, 2/19/31.One report claimed that Chaplin's tie"exactly matches the blue of his laughing eyes."(Manchester Guardian, 2/20/31)Chaplin, Donoghue,1 and Campbell2 were fellow...
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Chaplin & the first Academy Awards ceremony
The ceremony was held on May 16th, 1929, the second anniversary of the founding of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, in the Blossom Room of the Roosevelt Hotel. Although Chaplin was to...
View ArticleOriginal Chaplin film montage from the 1972 Academy Awards ceremony
This montage is slightly different and perhaps a bit longer than the one seen at the end of the 1992 Chaplin film. It was compiled by Peter Bogdanovich & Richard Patterson, who directed the 1975...
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