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Day By Day: 1936
May 1st - May 3rd, 1936: Charlie & Paulette visit Hongay (Hong Gai) and Port Courbet on the northern coast of Vietnam.*Charlie and Paulette (can you find her?) near a waterfall in Hongay.Charlie in...
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Interview with Chaplin from 1921
This interview was new to me so perhaps it will be new to you as well. It's from October 1921. Chaplin had just returned to America from his first trip abroad since becoming a film star. The first part...
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Chaplin's World
Here's a short news piece about the Chaplin's World museum, which opened last month. It features some clips of Michael and Eugene talking about their father. There is also some nice home movie footage...
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"I am Charlie Chaplin, Jr.!"
A couple of days ago I posted an interview with Charlie from 1921. So today, on what would have been his 91st birthday, here is an interview with his eldest son, Charlie, Jr., from 1950. At 25, he...
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Chaplin with members of his stock company on the set of his first Mutual...
L-R: Henry P. Caulfield (Manager of the Lone Star Studio), Leo White, Edna Purviance, Chaplin,Charlotte Mineau, Eric Campbell, Lloyd Bacon and Vincent Bryan (scenario editor/writer).Same group,...
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Day By Day: 1936
May 7th-8th, 1936: Return to Hong Kong, and a quick trip to CantonOn Thursday, May 7th, Charlie, Paulette, her mother, Alta, and valet Frank Yonemori arrived in Hong Kong from Haiphong (Vietnam) on the...
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Charlie's mother, Hannah Chaplin
"They can say what they want about my mother--she is greater than I will ever be. She was a great actress. I've never seen anyone like her--she was good to me when I was a kid--she gave me all she...
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Day By Day: 1936
Saturday, May 9th: The Chaplin party departs Hong Kong aboard the Japanese ship, Kashima Maru, bound for Shanghai.Upon leaving Chaplin told the press that he needed to be back in the States by the end...
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Chaplin's megaphone and clapboard
This megaphone and clapboard, from the collection of Robert Florey, assistant director on Monsieur Verdoux (1947), were sold in a 2004 Christie’s auction. The megaphone is from the early 1930s, but was...
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Day By Day: 1936
May 11th-12th: Chaplin meets Jean CocteauOn Monday, May 11th, sailing between Hong Kong and Shanghai aboard the Kashima Maru, Chaplin received a note from a fellow passenger who wanted to meet him. The...
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Accidents will happen...
During the filming of The Great Dictator (1940). While filming one of the ghetto scenes with Paulette, Chaplin's left hand was caught in a slamming gate, breaking his middle finger."Leading lady (and...
View ArticleOona O'Neill's screen test for THE GIRL FROM LENINGRAD
This is probably from early 1943. Oona had already met Chaplin. The man talking in the background is the film's producer, Eugene Frenke. Oona was offered the role of "Tamara" in the film but backed out...
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THE FLOORWALKER, released 100 years ago today
The idea for The Floorwalker, Chaplin's first film for the Mutual Film Corporation, came to him during a visit to New York in February 1916:One day when time was desperately short he was walking up...
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Another mystery solved
In the latest issue of the French Chaplin-related publication "La Naissance de Charlot," Thierry Matthieu has identified the woman in these famous photos with Chaplin. She is definitely NOT Mary...
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Day By Day: 1936
Saturday, May 16th: The "distinguished passengers" arrive in KobeSouth China Morning Post, May 26, 1936The Chaplin party arrived aboard the SS President Coolidge, not the Kashima Maru, as stated in the...
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Day By Day: 1936
May 16th-17th: KyotoValet Frank Yonemori at left.Shortly after their arrival in Kobe on the 16th, Charlie and Paulette (and Alta and Frank) drove to Kyoto. They spent one night at the famous Hiiragiya...
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February 1925
Given the date it's possible this photo was taken outside of the courthouse during the Amador trial.
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Day By Day: 1936
May 18th - May 22nd: Yokohama/TokyoThe Chaplin party arrived in Yokohama from Kyoto on (circa) May 18th. They will spend a week traveling between there and Tokyo before departing for the States on the...
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