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Day By Day: 1936
Sunday, March 1st: On this day eighty years ago, Charlie and Paulette were sailing the Pacific en route to Yokohama, Japan (from Honolulu).Meanwhile, back at home, a charming interview with Chaplin...
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Chaplin witnesses water rescue
I've had this photo in my collection for a few years and never knew the story behind it. I think I finally found it.Los Angeles Times, April 22nd, 1933
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Nice, 1931
Photo with sketch by "CC". It can be yours for the low, low price of $3000 (ahem). Below is an uncropped version of the photo, also signed by Chaplin.Both photos by the Mosesco studio in Nice.
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Happy Rollie Day!
Rollie marks a scene on the set of The Floorwalker, Chaplin's first Mutual.Today marks the centennial anniversary of the day Roland H. Totheroh came to work for Charlie Chaplin as his cameraman. But...
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Day By Day: 1936
Friday, March 6th: The Chaplin party arrives in Yokohama, Japan.Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, her mother, Alta, and Chaplin's valet Frank Yonemori, arrived from Honolulu aboard the SS President Coolidge....
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Charlie with Eugenia Gilbert, winner of the Venice Bathing Girl Parade, 1921
Santa Fe Magazine, Dec. 1921
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Day By Day: 1936
Monday, March 9th: Shanghai.Arriving in ShanghaiWhen the SS President Coolidge pulled into the dock (from Japan) at 1:00 pm, a large group of reporters were lined up along the riverfront waiting to get...
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Charlie is attacked by monkeys on the tightrope (The Circus,1928)
In 1929, Chaplin told Czech journalist Egon Erwin Kisch some of the difficulties, physically and otherwise, he had filming this scene:He also tells stories about his own films. The monkeys in Circus...
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Day By Day: 1936
Thursday, March 12th: Arrival in Hong KongSouth China Morning Post, March 11, 1936The SS President Coolidge, sailing from Shanghai, was detained for 11 hours at Waglan Island due to thick fog before...
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Day By Day: 1936
Saturday, March 14th: Leaving for SingaporeAfter a couple of cold, foggy days in Hong Kong (including Friday the 13th) the Chaplin party embarked for Singapore aboard the Japanese ship, Suwa Maru.*...
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Portrait by George Hoyningen-Huene, January 1932
Probably taken when both men were in St. Moritz, Switzerland that winter. H-H also took some candid shots of Chaplin that appeared in the March 1932 issue of Vogue (don't miss CC in the background of...
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Charlie and Syd, 1917
"He wishes nearly every other day you were here. Unless he pulls up within next couple of days am afraid he will miss release on this picture [The Count]. Think it very important for his future success...
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Source: Getty Images (this link has a larger, clearer picture)Watch footage of Charlie and Oona arriving in Ireland here.
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Day By Day: 1936
Wednesday, March 18th: Arrival at SingaporeThe Chaplin party left Hong Kong on March 14th aboard the Suwa Maru. They arrived in Singapore amid a swirl of gossip about their possible nuptials.The Suwa...
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Day By Day: 1936
Thursday, March 19th: Paulette's first rickshaw ridePaulette & Charlie on the rickshawsAccompanied by Charlie, her mother, Alta, and Chaplin's valet/secretary, Frank Yonemori, Paulette took her...
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Day By day: 1936
Friday, March 20th:The Straits Times, March 20th, 1936That night Charlie, Paulette, and her mother attended the fights at the New World arena.Charlie and Co. have two full days left in Singapore. I'll...
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Day By Day: 1936
Saturday, March 21st: Chaplin attempts to charter "Honeymoon Yacht"80-years-ago today, Chaplin caused a stir in Singapore when he inquired about chartering a yacht called the Sea Belle II for his...
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