Archives for December, 2020
Just finished re-watching The Rink from 1916 from his Mutual period. Watching him on skates is balletic. How does he
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There’s a bunch of great photos of him out of costume, usually wearing a suit. I have a couple in
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While it’s not a still from one of his films, but during a break, he is in his famous Tramp
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I was wondering whether or not to include this day’s challenge because I don’t want to give publicity to poorly
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Three books. Two obvious choices, but I’m going with them anyway: His own “My Autobiography” (what a genius title! haha),
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Posted in 20th century, 20th century film, books, Charlie Chaplin, History, movies, Nostalgia, Personal, Silent movies, Uncategorized Tagged with: autobiography, biography, books, Charles Chaplin, Charlie Chaplin, interview, reading, silent film
Oh boy. I’m going to be jumping all around his timeline! Well, maybe 1918. Right when he starting rolling with
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One person towers ahead of other bad guys. Standing at 6’5, and just under 300 pounds, it’s Eric Campbell. He
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A number of films, whether they be home made movies, newsreels, or unfinished/unreleased films still exist. Some black and white,
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“Smile” is a given, so I won’t name that. There are a number of songs that are wonderful, like “Eternally”
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This one is hard (wait, I already said that for almost every other day in this challenge, haha), and like
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