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myrrhandah:

“Newsreel of the Stars, 1930” from the first episode of Animaniacs (1993), depicting Buster Keaton in The General, Lon Chaney in The Phantom of the Opera, Harold Lloyd in Safety Last!, and Charlie Chaplin in Gold Rush.

And I will now be singing the Animaniacs theme to myself all day. :)

chaplinfortheages:

I’m always looking for different poses on this most romantic scene from “City Lights’

maudelynn:

Charlie goofing around with local kids on the set of Sunnyside c.1919

chaplinfortheages:

This is one of the funniest scenes in “Easy Street”

You can see the sign Easy Street being pulled down with the gas lamp.

Easy Street, his ninth film for Mutual and the most famous of the twelve.

Charlie recalled, “We had one accident in that whole series. It happened in Easy Street. While I was pulling a street-lamp over the big bully to gas him, the head of the lamp collapsed and its sharp metal edge fell across the bridge of my nose, necessitating two surgical stitches.” The injury also held up production, as the stitches prevented him from wearing makeup for several days.

THE KID 1921

I love this picture of Charlie smiling down at the very upset and crying baby.

A baby girl actually played the baby orphan John, her name was

Silas Hathaway

chaplinfortheages:

Charlie taking a peek into the camera, this is a scene from his 1917 film “The Immigrant”…Charlie doing a little bit of gambling by rolling the dice.

chaplinfortheages:

Many thought when it came to making films Charlie Chaplin was a control freak and a perfectionist…maybe he was..he literally had his hands into every single aspect in the production of his films, he even would work on the hair of his leading ladies, he also cut his own hair, here he is working on the hair of Paulette Goddard on the set of Modern Times.

Charlie Chaplin spent his own money, he had no backers, he was the writer, producer, director, editor, composer etc. He definitely knew what he was doing as his films over 80 years old and some close to 100 are as enjoyable today as when they were first released.

chaplininpictures:

Charlie and Buster Keaton were neighbors in 1930 and are listed consecutively on the 1930 census. Buster lived at 1004 N. Hartford; Charlie at 1103 Cove Way (the street was later renamed Summit Drive and his house number was changed to 1085). The census gives the following info about Charlie: age: 41, marital status: divorced, occupation: actor.  The other household members listed with Chaplin are his Japanese servants. Buster shared his home with his wife, Natalie Talmadge, their 2 sons, plus 4 servants.

Source: www.ancestry.com