Buster Keaton & Martha Raye reenact the music hall finale from LIMELIGHT on...
Few Americans saw Limelight upon its initial release in 1952. Although it had received positive critical reviews, it was subjected to widespread boycotts because Chaplin was thought to be a Communist....
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Cover of TIME magazine, July 6th, 1925
Chaplin was not the first actor (stage or film) to appear on the cover as some sources claim. Ethel Barrymore had a cover in 1924. Perhaps Chaplin was the first male actor.
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Chaplin in "civvies" and glasses talking to Maurice Moskovich and Paulette...
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Summit Drive, c.mid-1920s
Photos from Architectural Digest, April 1990.Chaplin's living room. His beloved pipe organ is at far left behind the couch.The main hallway, which evidently ran the length of the house, is covered with...
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THE VAGABOND, released July 10th, 1916
This film was the third of the Mutual Chaplin Specials. Legend has it that Chaplin filmed an alternate ending to the film in which Charlie attempts suicide by throwing himself into the river. He is...
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Syd, the Other Chaplin presented by Lisa Stein Haven: Tomorrow (July 12) at...
If you are in the London area this talk is not to be missed. Lisa will be discussing Syd's life and career, including some new information on Syd that was just discovered this past year & not...
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A WOMAN, released 100 years ago today
This was Chaplin's tenth film for Essanay and the third film in which he donned women's clothing (the other two were A Busy Day & The Masquerader at Keystone.) This was arguably his best female...
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Charlie and Paulette at Louella Parson's ranch, 1940
This is a rarely-seen shot from that set.
View ArticleShort outtake from How To Make Movies (1918)
From The Kid/A Dog's Life, Image Entertainment, special feature about the construction of the Chaplin Studios.This little clip was not included the version of the film we see today.
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Swimming at Pickfair, c. 1922
Mary, Doug, and Charlie are in the water. Mary's brother, Jack, & his wife, Marilyn, are sitting on the lawn in the background.
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Chaplin and boxer James Corbett
New York Sun, June 30th, 1918.Courtesy of Dominique Dugros.
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Chaplin at the Orange Hotel in Surabaya, April 1st, 1932
Charlie was on the Indonesian leg of his 1931-32 World Tour promoting City Lights. His arrival in Surabaya was at the end of a two day, 400-mile journey by car through Java from Batavia. Here he and...
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Chaplin in Ischia, Italy, 1957
He was there to attend a premiere of his new film, A King In New York at the cinema Reginella. See Italian newsreel footage of his visit, which includes Charlie and Oona being carted around on a...
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Working With Charlie Chaplin: Vol. 1
This is a new series in which Chaplin's associates describe what it was like to work with "the little genius."1"Charlie has a mysterious personality, you are always trying to solve him, and you never...
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The Chaplin brothers' bios in Stars Of The Photoplay, 1924
The inaccuracies found in these bios are not necessarily the fault of the writer but of Charlie and Syd themselves who, in early interviews, often fabricated their background to reporters....
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