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Day By Day: 1936
Tuesday, February 11th: Modern Times premiered at the Tivoli in London.Workmen outside the Tivoli put the finishing touches on a neon sign before the premiere. From The New York Times:After five...
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Day By Day: 1936
Wednesday, February 12th: Charlie and Paulette attend the Hollywood premiere of Modern Times at Grauman's Chinese Theater.Grauman's Chinese on opening nightAfter three days of torrential downpours, the...
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With journalist Grace Kingsley & cartoonist Ted Gale at the Chaplin Studios,...
This is a newly-found (on ebay), alternate version of the photos I posted a couple of weeks ago. This one was new to me.
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Day By Day: 1936
Saturday, February 15th: Charlie and Paulette watch the Derby Day races at Santa Anita. (Los Angeles Times, February 16th, 1936)
View ArticleOfficial Opening Date of the Chaplin Museum: April 17th, 2016
One day after his birthday.This article features an interview with the director of the museum. It's in French (I was able to read with Google Translate) & includes some nice videos of the museum...
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Chaplin in 1916
Probably taken 100 years ago this month by the Underwood & Underwood studios in New York, when Chaplin was there to sign his Mutual contract.
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Autographed photo, 1915
The photo is inscribed:"To my friend Guy Price,Sincerely yours, Charlie ChaplinAug 9th, 1915"Price was a film critic for the Los Angeles Herald(Photo by Albert Witzel, 1914)Source: www.20thstudio.com
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Day By Day: 1936
Monday, February 17th: Charlie & Paulette set sail for Honolulu.Chaplin, Alta, and Paulette Embarking from Los Angeles Harbor aboard the SS President Coolidge, the couple are accompanied by...
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Day By Day: 1936
Tuesday, February 18th: The SS Coolidge stops in San Francisco en route to Honolulu.We embarked Los Angeles and arrived in San Francisco in pouring rain. However, nothing dampened our spirits; we had...
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On the tennis court at Marion Davies' beach house, c. late 1920s
Familiar faces include Marion Davies, Bebe Daniels, Harry Crocker, Ralph Barton, Harry D'Arrast, and (of course) Charlie, among others.
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100 years ago today, Chaplin conducted the John Philip Sousa band before a...
A crowd of 6500, breaking a record held by tenor John McCormack, showed up to witness this rare public appearance by Chaplin. "All 5200 seats were filled, people were standing in all parts of the...
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With Ambassador Moore on the lawn of the Summit Drive house, 1929
Alexander Moore (or "Alex" as Charlie called him) served as Ambassador to both Spain and Peru.More photos here:www.photo.charliechaplin.com
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Chaplin directing the Circle Theater players in Caligula, 1949
According to the theater group's founder, Jerry Epstein, the pillar in the background in the top photo was a prop from The Great Dictator. See another photo here.Many thanks to Eduardo Orenstein for...
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Day By Day: 1936
Friday, February 21st -Wed. February 26: The SS President Coolidge sails for Honolulu.The ship, with Charlie, Paulette, her mother, and valet Frank Yonemori on board, departed San Francisco on the...
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Rare images from the set of SUNNYSIDE (1919)
These photos show Chaplin with the "wood nymphs" and some of the cast and crew.The nymphs were played by Olive Burton, Willie Mae Carson, Olive Ann Alcorn, and Helen Kohn.Chaplin's friend, Rob Wagner,...
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Day By Day: 1936
Wednesday, February 26th: The Coolidge arrives in Honolulu; Chaplin lunches with George Bernard Shaw. According to ship manifests for the SS Coolidge, only one day was spent in Honolulu before the ship...
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100 years ago this weekend
L-R: Mutual president, John Freuler, Syd Chaplin (then serving as his brother's business manager), and CC at the contract signing. On Saturday, February 26th, 1916 at the Hotel Astor in New York City,...
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With Swedish photographer Karl Gullers following a midnight photo shoot at...
Chaplin's Academy Award for The Circus is on the bookcase behind him (far left), next to some Napoleon figurines.
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