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Charlie poses for sculptress Katherine Stubergh during the filming of Modern...
Stubergh & "Charlie." From alvarezwax.comTo make the figure, Stubergh first made a wax impression (casting mold) of Charlie's face and then he sat for her while she sculpted the fine facial...
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On this day in 1944...
Charlie was booked and fingerprinted for violation of the Mann Act and for plotting to deprive Joan Barry, his former protegé, of her constitutional rights. Clad in a yellow sweater, white coat with...
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A NIGHT OUT, released February 15th, 1915
This was the first of five films Chaplin shot at the Essanay studio in Niles, CA. It was also the first film to feature the lovely Edna Purviance.
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Happy Birthday, Claire Bloom
Below, Claire talks about working with Charlie at a 60th anniversary screening of Limelight in Oct. 2012 (Norman Lloyd was also present at this event. A link should come up for his talk about halfway...
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"Charlie Chaplin Minus the Make-up"
Film Fun, January 1919Bill was one of the dogs in Charlie's 1918 film, A Dog's Life. He remained a studio pet for many years.The star of A Dog's Life, "Scraps" (real name: "Mut") stayed on as a pet as...
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"A Charlie Chaplin the world has yet to know"
Outtake from The Cure (Unknown Chaplin)In 1919, Chaplin’s British...
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Pregnant Lita Grey Chaplin at Summit Drive, c. January 1925
Rumors were swirling at this time that Charlie and Lita were already having marital problems. Since their shotgun wedding the previous November, the couple had not yet been seen together in public....
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Charlie arrives in Plymouth, England, Feb. 19th, 1931
Click here to see a short clip of Charlie clowning for the newsreel cameras.Over the next weeks/months, I am going to try to post chronologically (as much as possible) about Charlie's 1931-32 world...
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London, Feb. 19th, 1931
Charlie arrived in London by train and was greeted by thousands of well-wishers who were anxious to catch a glimpse of their native son."Why is it that London always wrings my heart? Is it the love of...
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"It might be the head of a criminal, mightn't it?"
British sculptress Clare Sheridan (cousin of Winston Churchill) spent three days at Chaplin’s home in November 1921 working on a bust of him.She insisted during this time that he wear a robe, not only...
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Charlie spends "a most delightful" day with British Prime Minister Ramsay...
Charlie found the Prime Minister to be "so human, so charming...we chatted about all sorts of things."*Villagers who had gathered outside the gate at Chequers (MacDonald's country home), talked of how...
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Real Photo Postcard, c. 1916
The photo shows Chaplin and a visitor on the set of his 1916 film, The Vagabond. This postcard is currently up for auction on eBay.
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