
Showing posts with label 1910s. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1910s. Show all posts
September 29, 2014
August 27, 2014
THE MASQUERADER, released August 27th, 1914
This film is noted for Charlie's female impersonation (which is flawless), but to me, one of the best things about it is the business at the beginning with Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle. They will do a full-fledged pairing up two films later in The Rounders (Chaplin & Arbuckle appeared together in seven Keystones).





screenshots from Chaplin At Keystone (Flicker Alley)
August 19, 2014
August 12, 2014
Chaplin with actress & longtime scenarist for Cecil B. DeMille, Jeanie MacPherson
MacPherson was also one of the first licensed female pilots in the late 1910s. She was known for her barnstorming stunts.
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Picture-Play, September 1917 |
June 12, 2014
June 5, 2014
Rare posed photos of Chaplin from 1914
Chaplin's costume is similar, except for the tie, to the one he wears in Getting Acquainted, so perhaps these photos were going to be used for publicity purposes. No photographer is given. All I can say is: where have these photos been hiding for the last 100 years?
Source: www.invaluable.com (three of the originals were flipped the wrong direction, so I corrected them)



Source: www.invaluable.com (three of the originals were flipped the wrong direction, so I corrected them)




May 24, 2014
May 23, 2014
May 15, 2014
May 12, 2014
May 2, 2014
Charlie delivers an impassioned speech during the kick-off of the Third Liberty Loan drive in Washington D.C., April 6,1918
Besides giving a speech, Charlie also conducts a band from the platform and then dances with Marie Dressler at the end. Part of Mary Pickford's speech is included as well.
April 27, 2014
April 24, 2014
Chaplin during the filming of THE COUNT
From Picture-Play magazine, December 1916
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At right is cameraman Rollie Totheroh. |
April 16, 2014
April 13, 2014
April 6, 2014
Charlie gets the death sentence, 1918
"Charles Spencer Chaplin, the most famous man in the world, stood with his hands tied behind his back, sentenced to death. He wore a blindfold which had slipped up over his forehead.
'You have to shut your eyes, Mr. Chaplin--you have to shut your eyes!' shouted the bigger of two boys, who was squinting behind a gun. The other one was bringing up ammunition. Mr. Chaplin did as he was told. There was a great shout from the children on the lot when the small, tailored figure swayed gently and then toppled over realistically. When he lay still for the space of ten seconds, the boys ran over and shook him in genuine alarm, followed by all the other kiddies in the yard of the studio. Mr. Chaplin sat up, slipped the bandage from his forehead, and laughed good-naturedly as the children squatted around him on the grass and demanded a story." (Picture Play, December 1918)

Below are a few more photos. You can read the article here.



March 15, 2014
February 26, 2014
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