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Telegram from Chaplin to George Ullman following the death of Rudolph Valentino
Ullman was Valentino's friend and manager.Via Valentino Forever
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Part of the job
Paris, 1952"[In Paris] they examine my signature closely. They seem puzzled. I look. It is spelled right. Oh, I see! They expected 'Charlot.' And I write some more with 'Charlot.' --Chaplin, My Trip...
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Currently up for auction on ebay
This rare photo of Charlie and Hedy Lamarr is currently up for bid on ebay for an exorbitant starting price of...
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HIS TRYSTING PLACE, released November 9th, 1914
Written and directed by Charlie Chaplin.Mabel Normand is brilliant as the frazzled wife and mother. "Here, play with this [a gun!]"This is not the first film to show Charlie with a wife,but it is the...
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Recording session for MODERN TIMES, November 1935
At right, Chaplin shakes hands with conductor Alfred Newman. Eighty-years ago this month, Chaplin recorded the music for Modern Times, his final silent film. The sessions were held on a soundstage at...
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Je Suis Paris
"Only the unloved hate--the unloved and the unnatural." --Charles Chaplin, 1940
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BEHIND THE SCREEN, released this week in 1916
Goliath, the stage hand, and his assistant, David.Charlie manages to carry a dozen chairs and a piano at once."Stage hands lunch hour." Charlie uses bellows to shield himself from Albert Austin's...
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Chaplin in 1946
Notice his (real) Verdoux mustache. Photo by Karl Gullers at Chaplin's home in Beverly Hills. See more here.
View ArticleHappy birthday, Petula Clark! Born November 15th, 1932
Here Petula sings "This Is My Song," with music and lyrics by Chaplin for A Countess From Hong Kong. This song became a hit for Petula in 1967.<
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Coming February 2016 from Criterion
This one features visual essays by Lisa Stein Haven and Ben Model, plus audio commentary by Charles Maland.More info here: https://www.criterion.com/films/27566-the-kid
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Publicity photos of Charlie and Paulette by Max Munn Autrey, October 1936
Autrey was the stills photographer for both Modern Times& The Great Dictator. This set gives us some nice views of the grounds of Chaplin's Beverly Hills estate.Lesser known images from this shoot...
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A NIGHT IN THE SHOW, released 100 years ago this week*
*The release date for this film is almost always given as November 20th but contemporary trade journals give the date as the 15th. Chaplin's twelfth film for Essanay was based on Fred Karno’s music...
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Chaplin with Harry d'Arrast in Fontainebleau, August 1931
Photo courtesy of Dominique Dugros.
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Lauder and Chaplin at the newly built Chaplin Studios, January 1918Tulsa World, April 28, 1918
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Chaplin Studios, then and now
http://www.lamag.com/citythinkblog/time-frame-charlie-chaplin-studios-now/The inset photo of Chaplin was originally taken in color. See it here.
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I hope everyone has a very Happy Thanksgiving tomorrow. I've been busy cooking all day--but not my shoe, thankfully!xoJess
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