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Misc.
The following are some odds and ends from newspapers and magazines that I have kept tucked away in a folder because I found them humorous or revealing in some way and I thought I might use them at some...
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Chaplin at the Hearst Castle, San Simeon, 1933
The center of attention, as always. Marion Davies is at right (on the phone), the blonde in black is Carmel Snow, editor of Harper's Bazaar.Charlie has a ring on his nose, perhaps imitating a bull....
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Hollywood premiere of THE GOLD RUSH at Grauman's Egyptian Theater
More than 15,000 fans, held in check by ropes and police, gathered outside the theater on the evening of June 26th, 1925 to watch the celebrities descend from their cars. Among those in attendance...
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Day By Day: 1936
Sunday, June 28th: In The NewsChaplin has spent most of the month lying low since his return to California. In the following article, published in the Los Angeles Times eighty years ago today, he...
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Charlie, c.1959
From La Manoir De Mon Père by Eugene Chaplin (Thanks, D) with the caption:"Voila ce qu'était mon père a mes yeux; un homme heureux." ("Here is my father in my eyes: a happy man.")This photo may have...
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Georgia Hale, 1930
Here's Georgia (left) with Eduardo Ugarte, Leonor Orstein, Edgar Neville (holding a rifle), José López Rubio and Tono. Ugarte, Neville, and Rubio were Spanish writers/filmmakers. Tono was a Spanish...
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Day By Day: 1936
June 30th-July 2nd: Chaplin attends the annual United Artists Sales Convention at the Ambassador Hotel. Chaplin announced during the proceedings that he would make two pictures during the 1936-37...
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Japanese actors & filmmakers at the Chaplin Studio, 1925
Photo source: Charles Chaplin In Japan by Ono HiroyukiThird from left is actor Sojin Kamiyama. Next to Chaplin (in striped tie) is Osamu Rokusha, manager of the Shochiku Cinema Company in Tokyo, who...
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Editing LIMELIGHT, 1952
Click to enlargeWith Chaplin are cameraman Rollie Totheroh (in vest and tie), assistant producer Jerry Epstein (in dark sweater), and editor Joseph Engel (first and second photo at right). Limelight...
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Chaplin films on TCM today
If you live in America and need a diversion from all the horrible news of the day, TCM will be showing three Chaplin films back to back, starting with Modern Times at noon (EST), City Lights at 1:30p,...
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LAUGHING GAS + "Charlot Has A Toothache"
Laughing GasReleased July 9th, 1914Written and directed by Charles ChaplinCharlie portrays a dental assistant who winds up impersonating his boss, Dr. Pain. This film may have been inspired by a Fred...
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THE VAGABOND
Chaplin's third Mutual film was released 100 years ago today.A classic Chaplin entrance showing only his familiar feet.We get to see a lot of Chaplin's left-handed fiddle playing in this film.Edna, the...
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Charlie and Gloria "give them something to talk about."
The photos in this post were taken by Katherine Hungerford, a photographer who spent 1922-23 in Hollywood taking pictures of movie stars for a lecture. In 1949, she wrote a book about her experience...
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"Mr. Chaplin's Daily Program"
A peak at Charlie's daily schedule from Motion Picture Magazine, May 1918.Charlie "flies around like a bee in a bottle" and "works like lightning until 3 A.M. when everyone is used up." But he is also...
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