Charlie and Oona arrive in Switzerland, December 5th, 1952
Although Chaplin tells a reporter that they only plan to stay until Christmas (they spent the holidays at the Beau Rivage in Lausanne), their main reason for coming to Switzerland was to find a...
View ArticleRemembering Lita Grey Chaplin, who died 20 years ago today
Here's Lita, six years after her divorce from Charlie, singing "I've Got To Sing A Torch Song" in the Vitaphone short Seasoned Greetings (1933). She sings two other songs in the short including one...
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Chaplin at the residence of Sir Phillip Sassoon, Park Lane, London,...
According to the caption on the Chaplin Image Bank site, this was taken during the "Four Georges" art exhibition held at Sassoon's home to aid the Royal Northern Hospital. Chaplin briefly mentions...
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2015 In Review
Well, another year has come and gone so it's time to look back at the year that was and share my plans for 2016.Top Five Posts:(I am only counting new posts for 2015) Before I begin, I'd like to...
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Chaplin Day By Day: 1936: Jan. 1-2
Well, I'm going to give my "day by day" idea a try. I've bounced this idea around ever since I started this blog. The plan is that I will follow Charlie around for one year of his life. I chose 1936...
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Working with Charlie Chaplin: Vol. 3
I couldn't come up with a title for this one but suffice to say you didn't want to get on Chaplin's bad side. I must admit that I did consider calling it "For Christ's Sake!" You'll see why...[Chaplin...
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Day By Day: 1936
Sunday, January 5th: Chaplin held a preview of Modern Times at the Alexander Theater in Glendale. Chaplin Studios production report from January 6th. ©Roy Export Co. Est., used with permission.Monday,...
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Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, and Spanish actress Conchita Montes
Photo by Edgar Neville by the pool at Chaplin's home, c. late 1930sCharlie is on the left in shorts.via Edgar Neville Romrée
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"How Charlie Chaplin Filmed THE KID"
Great post by John Bengston about the filming locations of Chaplin's 1921 masterpiece, a number of which still...
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Chaplin visits a salt mine in Park City, Utah, August 1920
Chaplin's secretary Tom Harrington is second from left.This was during the time when Chaplin famously edited his film The Kid in a hotel room in Salt Lake City in order to avoid Mildred Harris' attempt...
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Day By Day 1936
Saturday, January 11th, 1936: Chaplin sends flowers to the private funeral of his friend, John Gilbert, who passed away on January 9th.1 Chaplin met Gilbert around 1920 when both men were living at the...
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RIP
Bowie posing with a bio of Buster Keaton, c.1975I only mention the passing of David Bowie here because, well, I was a fan, but also because he had a Chaplin connection. Son Eugene worked as a sound...
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Page of drawings by Chaplin
If you have an extra $11,000 burning a hole in your pocket you can own this funny little page of sketches "Done by Charlie Chaplin" in London in 1921.The page shows sketches of a bridge, the Little...
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Day By Day: 1936
Monday, January 13th, 1936: Chaplin Studio Manager, Alfred Reeves, informs Joseph Breen, head of the production code office, that Chaplin had made the eliminations to Modern Times that his office had...
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Los Angeles Times obituary for Edna Purviance
Edna passed away on January 13th, 1958L.A. Times, January 16th, 1958A few details in the obituary are incorrect. Edna was really 62 when she died. This error was probably due to the fact that her birth...
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With boxer Ted Lewis, 1918
These photos were taken in front of the 10-room house that sat on the north-end of the Chaplin studio lot.
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National Hat Day
They're claiming on Twitter that it's National Hat Day, and no one wore a more iconic hat than Charlie.But this so-called holiday also got me thinking that the Tramp didn't always wear his famous...
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Day By Day: 1936: Charlie in the News
Thursday, January 16th:Part of this series will be sharing little newspaper tidbits that I come across for a particular day.This clipping is from the nationally syndicated column New York: Day By Day...
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A brief look at Charlie's new "workshop," which opened this month in 1918
The Chaplin Studios, 1918. (Panorama photo: Silent Traces by John Bengston)The Chaplin Studios, still located at 1416 N. La Brea in Hollywood, were built on a five acre lemon orchard, a fact that...
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