Chaplin & pal Tim Durant at Ciro’s following a private screening of THE GREAT...
This press photo, from my collection, has a printed caption attached to the back that reads:Following a private showing of The Great Dictator, Charlie Chaplin entertained a party of friends at Ciro's....
View ArticleChaplin winds down his southern Liberty Loan tour in NOLA, April 23rd, 1918
Chaplin in New Orleans. His secretary, Tom Harrington, is behind him on the right.Chaplin proved himself not only a film comedian, but an orator of eloquence, "pep" and endurance....He was up and down...
View ArticleTravel Channel visits Chaplin filming locations
The show "Time Traveling With Brian Unger" will feature a piece called Tramping Through Hollywood tomorrow night (4/27) at...
View ArticleA couple of new (to me) photos
These were included in the Chaplin film locations piece on the Travel Channel a couple of nights ago (Time Traveling with Brian Unger). No credits were given for them so I'm not sure whose collection...
View ArticleMembers of United Artists at United Airport in Burbank, July 1933
L-R: Ed Finney, Hal Horne, Walt Disney, Al Lichtman, Mary Pickford, CC, Joe Schenck.The first four were heading to Chicago for a convention of film exhibitors. Photo: www.marypickford.org
View ArticleAboard the Invader, 1933
This is a slightly different pose than the more commonly-seen shots--and colorized to boot.L-R: Alva Green, Harry Green, CC, Grace Poggi, Joseph Schenck (the yacht's owner), Margaret LaMarr, &...
View ArticleRare newsreel footage of the groundbreaking ceremony for Grauman's Chinese...
In addition to Charlie, others in the clip include Sid Grauman, Norma Talmadge, Conrad Nagel, and Anna May Wong.The counter covers up the last couple of words in the first title card.Source:...
View ArticleThird Liberty Loan Tour: Chaplin gives his final speeches in New York & then...
Back in New York, Chaplin appeared at his final war bond rally on April 30th, 1918 at City Hall Park. It was another mob scene and additional police reserves had to be called in.In his final speech, he...
View ArticleCharlie and Paulette, c.1939
A caption for a similar photo taken at the same time claims this is from the premiere of Gone With The Wind. I'm not sure if that's true but it's certainly from that time period.
View ArticleCharlie and his mother, Hannah, sharing a moment together at the Chaplin...
It being Mother's Day weekend and all, I have a feeling the above photo of Charlie and his mum will be making the rounds on Chaplin social media sites. Unfortunately, this isn't a real photo of mother...
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"Showing some pictures one day to a friend, Chaplin came to one, a woman's portrait, at which he gazed for a time with loving, tender eyes. 'My mother!' he then said simply. 'To her I owe everything...
View ArticleTony Bennett on Chaplin & Chaplin on The Best Years Of Our Lives
At 10:30 tonight on TCM, guest programmer Tony Bennett will introduce Modern Times, starring one of his heroes, Charlie Chaplin. In his autobiography, Bennett wrote that Chaplin "never made a movie...
View ArticleDevon Horse Show, May 1927
This was possibly taken at the Devon (PA) Horse Show which Chaplin attended during his 8-month East Coast sojourn in 1927. See other photos here.The other man may be Chaplin's host for the outing,...
View ArticleFull soundtrack to THE CIRCUS now available
Listen for free on YouTube& Spotify, or download on iTunes.
View ArticlePing Pong
This photo shows Charlie & Bebe Daniels in a ping pong match against writer Adele Rogers St. Johns and her husband Dick Hyland at Daniels' beach house in 1928. The referee is screenwriter Charles...
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