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Hi everyone,I'm sorry to be so out of touch. We've been preparing for this major winter storm they keep talking about. Nobody seems to know exactly how much snow we will get but we want to be ready in...
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On this day in 1927, Chaplin holds a press conference following his nervous...
(This is an updated version of a post from a couple of years ago)Shortly after Chaplin arrived in New York City on January 14th, he suffered a nervous breakdown in the apartment of his attorney, Nathan...
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Day By Day: 1936
Some news tidbits from 80 years ago this week:Santa Ana Register, January 21, 1936.The 1928 broadcast would have been the Dodge Bros. Radio Hour.I wonder if any of those records are still...
View ArticleActor Marvin Kaplan on Charlie Chaplin
In this recent interview, 89-year-old Kaplan, best known for It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World& the sitcom Alice, discusses meeting Chaplin in the late 1940s when he (Chaplin) was directing the play...
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Day By Day: 1936
Friday, January 24th: Chaplin and Paulette Goddard attend the opening of Col. de Basil's Ballet Russes at the Philharmonic Auditorium in Los Angeles.Chaplin looks at the Ballet Russes program. See it...
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Day By Day: 1936
Saturday, January 25th: A colorized photo of Chaplin (with brown eyes!) appeared on the cover of the British fan magazine, Picturegoer.Featured inside was a two-page spread on Modern Times, Chaplin's...
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"The Company Way"
A interesting piece by Jim Lochner about the short-lived Charlie Chaplin Music Publishing Co.http://charliechaplinmusic.com/the-company-way/
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Rare candid photo of Chaplin and Mabel Normand during the filming of TILLIE'S...
This one's been floating around on the social media sites the last couple of weeks. In case you haven't seen it...
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Day By Day: 1936
Monday, January 27th: In this interview with Sheilah Graham, published 80-years ago today in the Los Angeles Times, Chaplin reveals that his next film will be a talkie, that he is tired of being the...
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Guéthary, France, 1931
During Chaplin's two-month stay in Biarritz during his 1931 world tour, he attended a tennis match in Guéthary featuring three well-known French tennis champions: Henri Cochet, René LaCoste, and Martin...
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A portrait of Charlie at his new studio
Chaplin with Grace Kingsley and Gale on the employment office set of A Dog's Life.In January 1918, journalist Grace Kingsley, along with Los Angeles Times cartoonist "Gale" (aka Edmund Waller "Ted"...
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Day By Day: 1936
Well, I have January under my belt and I'm having a great time with this series so far. I think the coming weeks and months will be more interesting with the premiere of Modern Times and Chaplin's trip...
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Day By Day: 1936
Saturday, February 1st: Studio production report: "C.C. did not come to studio. Dub foreign version UA studio 3:50 to 4:30 PM." (initialed by Catherine Hunter). I assume the dubbing was for the few...
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Day By Day: 1936
Sunday, February 2nd: On this day in 1936, the New York Times was abuzz with the upcoming world premiere of Modern Times, which was scheduled to take place in just three days. The illustration below...
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Working with Charlie Chaplin: Marilyn Nash
Chaplin demonstrates a scene for Nash. In past installments of this series I included all different points of view on what it was like to work with Chaplin based around a theme, but this time I'm going...
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Chaplin with Madlaine Traverse & director Harry Millarde on the set of ROSE...
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Day By Day: 1936
Wednesday, February 5th: Modern Times premiered at the Rivoli in New York City."Charles Chaplin, having come after many delays and reconsiderations to final agreement with himself to regard the picture...
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EASY STREET
Chaplin's ninth film for Mutual was released February 5th, 1917. The release of the film was delayed for two weeks due to rain, as well as an accident in which Chaplin received several stitches. More...
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Hollywood party at Fay Wray's, 1930
From New Movie, December 1930Charlie is 4th from left. His date, Georgia Hale, is on his right holding a cat.Charlie is in the center holding a little megaphone.Of course, Charlie's hair is dyed black...
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