May 2012
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Plans for Chaplin Museum back on track →
It’s about time!
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Interview with Syd Chaplin biographer Lisa Stein... →
Derek McClellan of centuryofcinema.com interviews Lisa Stein Haven, author of Syd Chaplin: A Biography. Click the link to listen.
May 12th
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Anonymous asked: what sort of authors / books did charlie like to read? (ps: great tumblr you're keeping here)
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“Anyway I went to Chaplin’s house. And they served dinner in the living...”
– Interview with Marilyn Nash, 1997.
May 11th
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News From Broadway: New Musical CHAPLIN to Open at... →
newsfrombroadway: Chaplin, a new musical depicting the life of film icon Charlie Chaplin, with music and lyrics by Christopher Curtis and book by three-time Tony Award-winner Thomas Meehan (Annie, The Producers, Hairspray) and Christopher Curtis, will open on Broadway on Monday, September 10, 2012 at the… I hope they include Edna in this version. The earlier version (Limelight) replaced...
May 11th
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“The little tramp’s shoes are too big; he can not manage his feet; his...”
– Max Eastman, The Enjoyment Of Laughter (1936)
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May 6th
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chaplinfortheages replied to your photo: On the set of City Lights, 1929. From left:… Wasn’t Henry Clive fired due to not wanting to go in the pool till the water was warm, he was getting over a cold I believe, Charlie went nuts and fired him over that? Yes, that’s exactly what happened. Charlie fired people left & right during this film.  Happy “real” Birthday, hope it’s a fun...
May 6th
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May 5th
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bydbach replied to your photo: Charles Chaplin Sr. & Jr. c. 1934. isn’t there paulette on charlie jr’s other side and some random guy to the other side of charlie sr, looking somewhat sullen? Yes, it is a crop of this photo. I think the guy in the middle is Charlie’s friend, Dr. Cecil Reynolds.
May 5th
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chaplinfortheages replied to your post: bydbach replied to your photo: This photo of… Just remember this was also the time period when he was getting straight after it with Louise Brooks:) That not-so-little red sword was getting quite a workout!
May 4th
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May 4th
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bydbach replied to your photo: This photo of Chaplin was part of a series taken… sweet baby jesus! now *that’s* a smolder and a ‘come hither’-look all rolled into one! I love this photo.  I wonder if this is the look he gave Lita on the train to Truckee?
May 4th
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“When I was young, the idea of an orgy was tremendously exciting. Charlie Chaplin...”
– From Luis Bunuel’s autobiography, My Last Breath. The bungled orgy took place during the summer of 1930 while Bunuel was visiting Chaplin.
May 4th
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