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December 7, 2015
Chaplin as THE PILGRIM by James Abbe
This photo, an original from 1922, is currently up for auction on eBay. Good luck if you intend to bid. I've seen these Abbe photos sell for $200-$300.
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December 25, 2014
Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin (April 16, 1889 - December 25, 1977)
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| Portrait by James Abbe, 1922 |
"Charlie Chaplin, the deathly shy, undersized, lower-class boy, born into a society that seemed to despise these things, dreamed he would overcome his handicaps, even preposterously dreamed he would go out and conquer the world. Put quite simply, he did. Jimmy the Fearless made his dreams his life." --John McCabe, Charlie Chaplin, 1978
December 10, 2014
Jackie Coogan and Granville Redmond on the set of THE KID, 1920
Photo by James Abbe
Redmond was a deaf painter who kept a studio on Chaplin's lot and had bit parts in a few of his films. In The Kid he plays a friend of the father.
Redmond was a deaf painter who kept a studio on Chaplin's lot and had bit parts in a few of his films. In The Kid he plays a friend of the father.
July 29, 2014
Chaplin with photographer James Abbe, in and out of costume, 1922
"When I have photographed Charlie Chaplin in character his mustache has fitted his role. When I have asked Charlie to remove his mustache and be himself he has readily acquiesced, revealing Charlie the shy, introspective, elusive person who has never been quite understood, and never quite understood himself." James Abbe, Boston Globe, 1932
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October 16, 2012
The Tramp In Pictures
During his long career, Chaplin rarely posed for professional photographers in his Tramp costume. Most were taken on sets with studio stills photographers. The Hartsook and Witzel sessions from c. 1914-1915 are unique because they were both done in a photographer's studio and were not connected to a certain film. To my knowledge, Chaplin never posed in costume at a photographer's studio again.
There are two other non-film related sessions that were done at the Chaplin Studios in 1918 & c. 1926. These photos were probably taken by a studio stills photographer:
Charles Zoller took a series of autochrome photos during the filming of A Dog's Life in 1918:
Another series of posed photographs were taken during the filming of A Dog's Life for an article for Motion Picture magazine:
Chaplin occasionally engaged professional photographers to take publicity portraits for some of his films. James Abbe was used for The Pilgrim (although he is not in his traditional Tramp costume) & Max Munn Autrey for Modern Times.
Around 1920, Chaplin studio cameraman Jack Wilson, who had ambitions of being a portrait photographer, took a series of photos of Charlie. One of the images, which had never been used for any purpose & was sent to Wilson's family in Scotland, was later found by Chaplin biographer David Robinson and used on the cover of his book Chaplin: His Life & Art in 1985:
October 14, 2012
Cover of VU magazine, April 1931
October 6, 2012
August 31, 2012
Publicity stills for THE PILGRIM
These famous photos of Charlie in his clerical costume from The Pilgrim were taken by James Abbe in the Fall of 1922. Abbe later recalled the photo session:
A creature of moods, Charlie had probably been in a new mood the night he got into his off-beat clerical Pilgrim garb and make-up, he left every pose up to me. He responded so rapidly I used up the 24 film holders within 45 minutes. A record time for me on an important job and a record, Charlie told me later, in his posing for stills.
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