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Chaplin treats German actor Hans Albers to champagne in his dressing room...
Afterward Chaplin invited Albers to his suite at the Adlon where they talked until dawn about plans for a possible Liliom film.
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Chaplin appears on Wall Street at the start of the Liberty Loan tour, April...
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"The Big Three" in Philadelphia during the Third Liberty Loan Drive, April...
This was their last appearance together before setting off on tour by themselves. Chaplin headed south, Pickford to the north, and Fairbanks to the midwest. Chaplin's southern tour began in Petersburg,...
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Chaplin, May Reeves, and others after the promenade by boat on the Adour...
Chaplin is at right in a cap. May Reeves is seated next to himTwo views of the same group at the Canoe Club with designer Jean Patou, far right. May Reeves is in the dark hat next to Chaplin
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Rarely-seen (colorized) photo from the set of THE CHAMPION (1915)
http://californiaimages.blogspot.fr/2011/12/chaplin-rehearsing-in-archway-essanay.htmlIt's hard to tell if that's really Charlie going through the archway, but that does appear to be Edna (in the hat)...
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THE TRAMP, released April 11th, 1915
This was the first film to incorporate the "iris out" ending with the tramp walking down the road away from the camera.My mother-in-law, Frances, was born the same day The Tramp was released. She is...
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A DOG'S LIFE
Released 97 years ago, this was Chaplin's first "million dollar comedy" for First National and the first film he made in his newly built studio in Hollywood."Scraps--A Thoroughbred Mongrel." His real...
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Third Liberty Loan Tour: "Charlie, ole boy" visits Charlotte & Camp Greene,...
Waiting for Charley Chaplin" (library.unc.edu)Chaplin's first appearance of the day was at Camp Greene, a U.S. Army facility located outside of Charlotte, NC."Hi, Charlie!" and "Hurrah for Charlie...
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In a 1924 interview, Chaplin discusses his "boyish" new leading lady, Lita Grey
"Charlie Creates A Dream Castle," by Alma Whitaker, Los Angeles Times, Nov. 5, 1924Happy birthday, Lita.
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THE KID soundtrack--now online
Listen for free on YouTube& Spotify or download at iTunes
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Chaplin with diminutive actor Will Stanton and his wife, Rosalind May
Ogden Standard, April 12, 1919It's a rare sight when Chaplin is the tallest person in the picture.Thanks to Dominique for sharing this with me.
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Chaplin battles enormous crowds and stage fright during the Third Liberty...
April 15th: Columbia, SC: Chaplin appeared at the Fort Jackson Army base where he spoke to an "almost riotous group of young men." The crowd became so "unwieldy" that an S.O.S. call was sent out for...
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Chaplin with French screenwriters Marcel Achard and Bernard Zimmer, 1934
Pour Vous, 1934This is when Chaplin was thinking seriously about a Napoleon film. In the caption of the top left photo, he is telling Zimmer (according to my very loose translation): "Yes, I would make...
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"Disgusting" Chaplin should go to the trenches and stay there
I found this little "gem" while doing some research this week--and it's from a newspaper in my home state (KY) no less. (Chaplin wasn't accepted into the draft. He registered but was turned down due to...
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