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Mystery Photo
I came across this photo online a few years ago and have never been able to figure out when or where it was taken or who else is in the photo. Judging from CC's appearance, I believe this was probably...
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Charlie and Pola announcing their engagement at Pebble Beach Lodge, January 1923
This is a rarely-seen shot from that event showing Charlie's crossed legs and his hand on Pola's arm.
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Chaplin window display, Park Theater, Youngstown, OH
I found this intriguing because it uses that odd series of photos of Charlie eating ice cream.Moving Picture World, March 13th, 1926
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At the Mocambo with Paulette, July 1942
Congrats to whoever outbid me on this photo on eBay the other day.Note that Paulette appears to be wearing her favorite diamond and emerald jewelry set given to her by Chaplin in 1938. See other photos...
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See Adolphe Menjou & Edna Purviance in A WOMAN OF PARIS tomorrow morning...
Click here for more info.If I am awake enough to do it, I may live-tweet the film on Twitter.
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Charlie (right) and Douglas Fairbanks run hurdles with Olympic gold medalist,...
Paddock was once called "the world's fastest human."Evidently Charlie himself had aspirations of becoming an Olympic marathon runner:You see, I have quite a good lung development. And then, my legs...
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Evening News (Harrisburg, PA), June 14, 1918The motion picture footage of the bout that Leonard mentions can be seen here.
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Chaplin as seen by Australian stage comedian (and friend) Bert Levy
Levy first met the "sad-faced" and seemingly "undernourished" Charlie in 1909 when he saw him perform with the Fred Karno troupe in London. They became friends and off and on for the next twenty years,...
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Sheet music for "Those Charlie Chaplin Feet"
This was a popular song during the "Chaplinitis" craze of 1915. The cover includes a couple of candid photos from By The Sea.
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Chaplin at a bullfight in San Sebastian, August 1931
Harry d'Arrast and May Reeves are seated next to Charlie on the right. This was Chaplin's first bullfight, and probably his last. Find out why here: World Tour Revisited: Charlot at a Bullfight (from...
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ONE A.M., released August 7th, 1916
Chaplin said in 1916 that "if any man could appear absolutely alone and hold attention for two full reels, he believed he could do it."1 And he did do it in his fourth release for the Mutual Film...
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With Jean Cocteau in Cap Ferrat, 1957
Chaplin is pointing to an article about A King In New York from the Sunday Dispatch (London).
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THE BANK, released 100 years ago today
The dream sequence in The Bank was borrowed from the Fred Karno sketch “Jimmy The Fearless” in which Chaplin starred as Jimmy, a working-class boy who becomes a hero in his dreams."You can see Jimmy...
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This short promotional film features Charlie and Buster Keaton in their first onscreen appearance together (& only silent film appearance)--thirty years before Limelight. A number of other stars...
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Now available for pre-order: Chaplin's Essanay Comedies from Flicker Alley
Release date: November 10, 2015http://www.flickeralley.com/classic-movies/#!/Chaplins-Essanay-Comedies/p/53310181/
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Fred Karno Company
Possibly aboard the Cairnrona in 1910--Chaplin's first trip to America.L-R: Fred Karno, Jr., Chaplin, Arthur Dando, ??, Albert Austin, and Stan Laurel.
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The back cover of a record by Charlie Chaplin, the reggae artist
Charlie Chaplin is really Richard Bennett. It wasn't unusual for reggae artists to name themselves after film stars or characters (Clint Eastwood, Lone Ranger, etc), although Bennett claimed that he...
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Mildred Harris in the Three Stooges film MOVIE MANIACS (1936)
Mildred appears around the 10:00 mark as the leading lady. According to IMDB, this was her last credited film appearance.
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