For a long time I thought this photo was taken in 1925, only because I figured it was taken around the time Charlie was filming The Gold Rush. But I recently discovered that the photo is actually from 1929. It was taken for Screenland magazine & accompanied an article written by Charlie's friend, Rob Wagner.
**Update**
Here is a message I received from Jeffrey Vance:
"THE GOLD RUSH image I used in my book and left it undated. I wasn't sure of the year either. However, I examined the original camera negative (and the variants) and they are all consistent with the THE GOLD RUSH negs. That doesn't mean 1924-1925 conclusively, but neither does a caption from 1929. It may be "exclusive" or "new" in that it was unpublished prior to 1929."
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| Source: Screenland, December 1929. Unfortunately this version of the photo is reversed. |
His hair got significantly whiter post divorce. I'd place this as 28-29.
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Personally I don't think his hair got *significantly* grayer because of the divorce. However I have always felt that this photo was taken later than 1925. I will also add that there are photos from 1924 where his hair looks just as white as it does in photos from the later '20s. For instance: http://discoveringchaplin.blogspot.com/2012/09/charlie-c-1924.html
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