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Charlie & Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr. playing "Doug" at the Fairbanks Studio,...
"Doug" (short for "Dougledyas") was a game made up by Douglas Fairbanks. It was a cross between badminton and tennis. A shuttlecock was used instead of a ball and you could also use your body to hit...
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Day By Day: 1936
Friday, April 10th: The Chaplin party departs for IndochinaThe group left Singapore aboard the French liner, Aramis, they will arrive in Saigon on the 12th.Straits Times, April 11th, 1936Day By Day: 1936
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Day By Day: 1936
April 10th-April 12th: En route to Indochina (Vietnam)These photos show Charlie, Paulette, and Alta aboard the French ship, Aramis,* between Singapore and Saigon, exactly eighty years ago. Charlie's...
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Day By Day: 1936
April 12th-13th: SaigonChaplin's movements in Indochina are hard to pinpoint so please bear with me over the next couple of weeks. I will try to be as accurate as possible.Arriving aboard the Aramis on...
View ArticleChaplin Conducting Orchestra and Belly Dancing at 5th Liberty Loan Drive, 1919
If you have not seen this rare footage before (or even if you have), you are in for a real treat. It starts around the 1:23 mark following some info on Chaplin's participation in the Third Liberty Loan...
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The Mutts Love Charlie
On the 98th anniversary of the release of A Dog's Life, here is a touching little story about Charlie and the dogs in the film. Evidently he wanted to adopt them all.Los Angeles Times, Feb. 22nd, 1918
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Charlie and Lita, Feb. 27th, 1925
This may have been at a screening of the John Ford film, The Iron Horse, at Grauman's Egyptian, which the couple attended as special guests of Grauman himself.Lita was about 7 months pregnant with...
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An interview with Charlie on this 80th birthday
"I've lost my prettiness," he says.San Bernardino Sun, April 17th, 1969Click to enlarge.
View ArticleThe long-awaited Chaplin's World museum opens in Switzerland
The idea of turning Chaplin's Swiss home into a museum goes back at least 10 or 12 years. I'm so glad it has finally happened--and on his birthday.Here is some footage of the Grand Opening.
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Day By Day: 1936
Saturday, April 18th: "Sak Lo"* arrives in Phnom Penh.Chaplin and his companions left Saigon on the 14th en route to Siem Reap to see the temples and ruins of Angkor Wat. Not much is known about their...
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L-R: Chaplin, Joseph Schenck, Irving Berlin, Fred Niblo, and Sid Grauman,...
This photo shows Sid Grauman presenting Berlin with a "life pass" to the Chinese Theater in the form of a watch. Taken on the occasion of the Irving Berlin Jubilee at the theater.Chaplin appears to be...
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Day By Day: 1936
(circa) Monday, April 20th: Charlie & Paulette visit the ruins of AngkorIt was around this time 80 years ago that Charlie, Paulette, her mother, Alta, and Chaplin's valet, Frank Yonemori visited...
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Working With Charlie Chaplin, Vol. 6: Talking Story
Chaplin holds a scenario conference at the Lone Star Studio during production of Behind The Screen, 1916. L-R: Eric Campbell (2nd from left), Henry Bergman (next to Campbell, partially visible), Frank...
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Day By Day: 1936
(circa)April 21st-April 23rd: AnnamPage from photo album in Chaplin Archives.Following their visit to Angkor, Chaplin and his companions traveled east to the area along the coast of then-French...
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Chaplin on cover of Danish magazine, 1946
This pose was new to me. See other photos from this session here.
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Helen Keller visits the set of "Sunnyside"& laughs at Charlie's films
Helen Keller, who was both deaf and blind, visited the Chaplin Studios in late 1918 during the filming of Sunnyside. She was able to "talk" to Charlie by reading his lips with her hands and feeling the...
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Day By Day: 1936
Wednesday, April 29th: Charlie, Paulette, and her mother, Alta, pose with the local press in Hanoi. These photos were probably taken outside the Metropole Hotel where the Chaplin party was staying.*...
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