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Jean Harlow in CITY LIGHTS
Although Jean is not in the final film, you can see her in this posed still from the nightclub scene (far left in the top photo). She and her mother were hired to be extras in this scene. According to...
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Truman Capote proofread "My Autobiography." It didn't go well.
Capote, Oona, and Charlie at the ManoirWhen Chaplin was writing his autobiography he asked Capote, a Swiss neighbor, to read it and tell him what he thought of it. Capote agreed. "So I went to work on...
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Chaplin wins plagiarism suit, November 1939
Given all the headlines about plagiarism today, I thought this was a timely story. In 1939, Chaplin won a federal suit brought against him by attorney Michael Kustoff, who claimed Chaplin had lifted...
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Mildred Harris (November 29, 1901-July 20, 1944)
Mildred was Chaplin's first wife and the mother of his first-born child, Norman Spencer (aka "The Little Mouse") who died three days after his birth. Charlie and Mildred were married in 1918 and...
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Day By Day: 1936
Wednesday, July 22nd: Charlie and Paulette attend a reception honoring Johannes Poulsen, head of the Royal Theater Of Denmark. Host Mary Pickford introduced Poulsen to 200 celebrities and civic leaders...
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Going for a swim, French Riviera, 1956
Everyone stay safe in the heat. Charlie has the right idea. From "Charlie On Holiday,"Picture Post, September 1956
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Charlie's blindfold cigarette test
This photo shoot was used to advertise Old Gold cigarettes in Judge magazine in 1928.In the background of the above photos (L-R): Carlyle Robinson (Chaplin's press agent), Harry Crocker, and Henry...
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Between takes on the set of THE ADVENTURER, 1917
Other familiar faces include Albert Austin (far right) and Rollie Totheroh (behind the camera). The man on the left looks like someone I should know as well. Fred Goodwins?
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Chaplin delivers a radio broadcast in support of Roosevelt's "Buy Now"...
Broadcasting nationally at 7:30pm from Columbia outlet KHJ in Los Angeles, Chaplin appealed to the country to show its support for President Franklin D. Roosevelt's N.R.A. (National Recovery...
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Farewell, Gloria DeHaven
Actress and singer Gloria DeHaven passed away on Saturday at the age of 91. Her first ever film role was portraying one of the Gamine's sisters in Modern Times, a film for which her father, Carter...
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Charlie & Oona in Italy, 1957
The woman at far right is Dawn Addams, Charlie's leading lady in A King In New York. All three were in Italy to attend a premiere of the film. Dawn became friends with Charlie and Oona in 1952 after...
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Farewell reception for Chaplin & Kono hosted by the Japanese Society of Los...
Held at the Hamanoya Restaurant in Little Tokyo,* this gathering (I assume) was a sendoff for Chaplin & his assistant, Kono, who were leaving a world tour in less than a month.Photo courtesy of...
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ONE A.M., released 100 years ago today
"Charlie Chaplin said that if any man could appear absolutely alone and hold attention for two full reels, he believed he could do it," wrote Alexia Durant of Photoplayer's Weekly.1 And that's exactly...
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Chaplin in ads for Wolf & Bean suits
The following ads appeared in the Los Angeles Times in 1916. According to the first ad, Chaplin wore a Wolf & Bean dress suit "throughout the entire two reels" of One A.M., which premiered 100...
View ArticleCharlie and Paulette speak in a clip from HOLLYWOOD ON PARADE (1933)
Frankie Darro, posing as a telegram delivery boy, makes a delivery to Chaplin. While Charlie signs for it, Paulette says to Darro, "you have makeup on." Toward the end, Charlie can be heard asking for...
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Rare footage of Chaplin's Trick Film Sequence with Sir Albert and Lady...
This rarity was posted on the Chaplin Official Facebook page today. A small portion of this footage appears in the documentary The Gentleman Tramp, but the rest of it I'd never seen before--and it's...
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
Charlie & Paulette attend the opening of Max Reinhardt’s stage production of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Hollywood Bowl, September 1934.* Chaplin's friend and, later, biographer,...
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Chaplin with John Mills (left) and Michael Balcon during an interview with...
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