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Day By Day: 1936
Sunday, March 22nd: Charlie, Paulette, and Alta are the guests of the Sultan of Johore. I could find no details about this visit. It was mentioned only in passing in a Singapore newspaper. There are a...
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Day By Day: 1936
Monday: March 23rd: The gang leaves Singapore at dawn for Batavia, Java.CC, Qantas captain Russell Tapp, Paulette, and AltaCharlie, Paulette, her mother, Alta, and valet Frank Yonemori traveled on an...
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"Charles Chaplin buried but not dead"
Original caption:“Charles Chaplin buried but not dead”“L-R: Miss Keating, Duke [of] Durcal, unknown [Duchess of Durcal], Harry d’Abbadie d’Arrast”Photo by Trilby Clark at Santa Monica Beach Club, c....
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Day By Day: 1936
March 24-25: Bandung and GarutWhen we last left our travelers (Charlie, Paulette, Alta, and Frank), they had begun their road trip across Java--from Batavia to Surabaya. Chaplin makes many of the same...
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CRUEL, CRUEL LOVE, released March 26th, 1914
Directed by George NicholsScreenplay by Craig HutchinsonCharlie's fiancee (Minta Durfee) jumps to the wrong conclusion when she sees him assisting her maid (Eva Nelson) who has twisted her ankle. She...
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Day By Day: 1936
March 26-27: Garut to DjokjaFrom Garut, the travelers' headed northeast to Wonosobo, a town in Central Java. Here they spent the night at the Dieng Hotel and Chaplin was interviewed by the Bataviaasch...
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Saturday, March 28th: Destination: BaliCharlie and his companions spent their last night of the Java road trip in Djokja. The next morning they drove to Surabaya to catch the boat for Bali.A large...
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I'm poking my head out just to mention that something exciting happened to me this weekend. For the first time in 8 years my Chaplin (and Chaplin-related) books are now together in the same place. For...
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Sydney Chaplin in Bells Are Ringing (1957) for which he won a Tony Award
Happy birthday, Sydney
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Chaplin's Mann Act testimony, March 30-31, 1944
Charlie in court, March 30th, 1944According to one reporter, Charlie appeared in court on his first day of testimony wearing a navy blue suit and his "favorite" polka-dot blue tie but "no sign of a...
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Chaplin and Wallace Beery outside the Essanay Studio in Chicago, 1915
Chicago Tribune, April 26th, 1936
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Charlie and Wallace Beery pt. 2
Thanks to my pal Dominique for sending me this much clearer version of the photo in my last post.As he pointed out to me, this appears to have been taken on the same day as the famous photo of Charlie...
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Day By Day: 1936
March 29th - April 6th: Bali!Very little is known about Chaplin's second trip to Bali.1 Four years before (almost to the day), he had visited the island with his brother, Sydney (here and here) &...
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Chaplin Library
As requested, here is a list of my books as seen in the photo of my Chaplin bookshelf. I created a separate page for it because I thought it might be a helpful tool for people just getting into Chaplin...
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Day By Day: 1936
Monday, April 6th: Charlie and Co. return from Bali.Aboard the steamer Van der Wyck, the group arrived in Surabaya in the morning. They spent a few hours shopping and then flew to Batavia at...
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Tuesday, April 7th: Return to Singapore"Apart from being bitten by two or three mosquitos I got through Bali safely," said Chaplin after he arrived by K.N.I.L.M. plane from Batavia. He recalled with a...
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Chaplin selling Liberty Bonds on Wall Street, 98 years ago today
In the Spring of 1918 Chaplin spent one month touring the southern U.S. selling Liberty Bonds. Last year I created a short series which focused on several dates of the tour, providing an in-depth "play...
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