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"City Lights" 1931

#charlie chaplin #harry myers #albert austin #joe van meter #“city lights” #1931

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Charlie Chaplin circa 1914, magazine dated December 15th 1915

The cigarette was an early trademark of Chaplin’s tramp screen character.

“In keeping with the majority of adults in his day, Chaplin was a regular smoker, and remained such until at least well into middle-age, after which he abandoned the habit (Monsieur Verdoux refuses a cigarette prior to his execution).” The CHAPLIN Encyclopedia; Glenn Mitchell 1997 (pg. 247)

Pola Negri (Chaplin’s on and off again fiancée in 1923) had this to say: “The only physically attractive thing about him were his hands, which was never without a cigarette”.

#charlie chaplin #1914 #smoking

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"Modern Times" 1936

Modern Times - 1936

#charlie chaplin #paulette goddard #“modern times” #1936

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Trying to come up with a dime to sleep at the shelter.

Charlie Chaplin in Police - 1916

#charlie chaplin #leo white #“police” #1916

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"The Adventurer" 1917

Charlie Chaplin - funny 😂

#charlie chaplin #“the adventurer” #1917

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Charlie Chaplin with writers Upton Sinclair (white suit) & Rob Wagner 1918, on set of “Shoulder Arms” 1918.

Upton Sinclair (1878-1968), an author and Pulitzer Prize winner but most famous for his 1906 book “The Jungle”. “The Jungle” exposed the U.S. Meat Packing Industry, shocking in it’s portrayal of the unsanitary conditions and how unsafe it was for public health. This ultimately led to stricter inspections in the form of the “Pure Food and Drug Act” & “Meat Inspection Act”.

An author, Rob Wagner among his many talents, published weekly liberal magazine “Script” from 1929-1949, it’s focus film industry, California and national politics.

Both Upton Sinclair and Rob Wagner were very influential in Charlie Chaplin early political worldview.

Source of top photo: (x)

#charlie chaplin #upton sinclair #rob wagner #1918 #set of “shoulder arms”

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"The Immigrant" 1917

This scene in the café, perhaps less than a minute is one of his most poignant.

Charlie Chaplin had the ability to convey more in one look than most in a hundred words.

In the film he is quite taken with young woman (traveling with her mother) when they first meet aboard the Immigrant ship. He is very excited to see her in the café, things are not going well for him in this new land he now calls home. In the thrill of seeing her he does not notice her handkerchief, bordered in black (a sign she was in mourning). It’s then he realizes her mother has died and she is all alone in the world, a look of empathy sweeps across his face that is quite touching.

Drawing by artist ArtHritis on Deviant Art (x)

#charlie chaplin #edna purviance #“the immigrant” #drawing #artist ArtHritis #deviant art

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Charlie Chaplin, King Vidor, Mavoureen O'Brien and father actor Pat O'Brien.

Elizabeth Hill (King Vidor's wife), Charlie Chaplin, Paulette Goddard and King Vidor (Elizabeth Hill his wife).

At his home in Beverly Hills - Charlie Chaplin (lounge chair), King Vidor, Paulette Goddard and Vidor's wife Elizabeth Hill

King Vidor, wife Elizabeth Hill, Charlie Chaplin and Paulette Goddard, Ensenada Mexico 1937.

Director/Producer King Vidor ("The Big Parade", "Show People", "Stella Dallas", "The Champ") told an amusing story regarding Chaplin and his thing with giving haircuts in the book “The Search for Charlie Chaplin” by Kevin Brownlow (2010)

“He used to cut his own hair. I don't know why, it may go back to his early days when he didn't have enough money. But once he said after tennis – he used to call me Buddy - “Come on up, Buddy and I'll give you a haircut”. So I sat on a high stool and he gave me a haircut. A few weeks I was down in Los Angeles and went in the barber shop and the barber said, “Who cut your hair last time? And quietly I said “Charlie Chaplin ”The barber looked at me and said, “If I ask you a civil question. I expect a civil answer.”

#charlie chaplin #king vidor #amusing haircut story #paulette goddard #elizabeth hill

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#charlie chaplin #virginia cherrill #“city lights

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"Shoulder Arms" 1918

#charlie chaplin #edna purviance #“shoulder arms” #1918

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#charlie chaplin #“the circus” #1928

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Charlie Chaplin birthday remembrance April 16th 1889

Through the decades from a young boy of 10 to a man in his 80′s

One of the greatest artist to come out of Hollywood, he created an immortal character in “the little tramp” that was and still is loved the world over.

Charlie Chaplin led a long life dying close to 89, it was full and very eventful - with many chapters and yes unfortunately scandals. He always stayed true to who he was - he did not go along to get along - this sometimes made life very difficult for him especially for times he lived in.

Though he became massively wealthy he never forgot where he came from, he quite often went back to where he grew up as a very poor child in Victorian South London.

#charlie chaplin #april 16th 1889 #birthday remembrance

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Happy Birthday Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin! 

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Charlie Chaplin celebrates his 77th birthday during the production of his final film A Countess From Hong Kong (1967), of which he also wrote, produced and directed in 1966. Footage shows Charlie’s wife, Oona and two of his daughters, Victoria and Josephine, as well as his son, Sydney, who had a part in the film. Co-stars, Sophia Loren and Tippi Hedren, and her daughter, Melanie Griffith, were also in attendance. (x)

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#charlie chaplin #tinted photocard #birthday greeting

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April 16th 1959 -Charlie Chaplin admires a telescope he received for his 70th birthday.

Joking he said his 70th year came as a surprise to him “I don’t feel a day over 69″. With him are daughters 14 year old Geraldine and 9 year old Josephine.

#charlie chaplin #70th birthday #april 16th 1959 #born april 16th 1889

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135 years ago a legend was born - April 16th 1889

#charlie chaplin #birthday #april 16th 1889