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Trump vs. Tramp: Charlie Chaplin’s son speaks out on president-elect
Eugene compares Trump to Napaloni, Jack Oakie's character in The Great Dictator.www.washingtontimes.com/charlie-chaplins-son-eugene-compares-donald-trump
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Christmas Miscellanea
A few Chaplin-related Christmas bits:Motion Picture News, Jan, 11, 1919Washington Post, Dec. 25, 1926Boston Globe, Jan. 2nd, 1930Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, Dec. 30th, 1937Boston Globe, Dec....
View ArticleRare footage of Chaplin reading fan mail, c.1917
Possibly a precursor to How To Make Movies (1918)TheChaplinFilms
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The Chaplins receive a visit from Father Christmas, 1958
Happy holidays to you and yours.Love,Jess
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Watching tennis with Josef von Sternberg, 1932
Sternberg is notable for having directed the only Chaplin-produced film that was ever lost: The Sea Gull. Chaplin discovered Georgia Hale, his leading lady in The Gold Rush, in Sternberg's 1925 film...
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Dear Friends,After 7 years of blogging about Chaplin (first on Tumblr and now here), I've decided to take an extended break. I'm not abandoning the blog completely but I will be on hiatus at least...
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Checking In
Hi everyone,I wanted to pop in and let you know that I am still planning to return to the blog at some point in very near future. Right now, I am recovering from surgery. Nothing too serious, just...
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I need your help
I would love some ideas from you about what you'd like to see on Discovering Chaplin going forward. Is there an event, person, film, time period, or any other aspect of Chaplin's life you are...
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With Sid Grauman
I've never seen this one before. Given how young both of them look, it may have been taken around the time of the opening of Grauman's Million Dollar Theater in 1918.The caption on the back...
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W.R. Hearst, Marion Davies, and Chaplin at the Motion Picture Electrical...
The woman on Chaplin's left is Blanche Hearst, the former wife of Hearst's son, George.The parade, held at the Olympic Stadium in Los Angeles, and arranged by Jack Warner, was a charity event for the...
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Chaplin & the Battle of Petroushka
"Long years of practice at dodging custard pies and various other missiles stood Charlie Chaplin in good stead Sunday night at the Petroushka Cafe, in Hollywood, when two men attempted to 'beat up' the...
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Happy Birthday, Charlie!
On his 70th birthday, Chaplin had a message that I think is still timely today:Manchester Guardian, April 16, 1959
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Yes, I Can See Now
I've always wondered when Charlie started wearing glasses. I figured it was at least the early 1920s since Lita Grey recalled Chaplin wearing glasses the first time she was alone with him in Truckee...
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With Paulette at Pickfair, July 1936
The couple were attending a reception honoring Johannes Poulsen, head of the Royal Theater Of Denmark.
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Chaplin's Choice
Ever wonder what Chaplin thought of other actors or directors? Which films did he enjoy? Here is a non-comprehensive list of people and films he admired, with comments by Chaplin where I could find...
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"A genius if ever there was one."
With Baroness Ravensdale at the Chaplin Studios, Oct. 1926One of my favorite things to read, and what I spend a great deal of time searching for, are impressions of Chaplin by people who met him or...
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