Day 15 – If you went back to meet him, when? – 30 Day Charlie Chaplin Challenge

Charlie Chaplin, looking at a film strip, circa 1918
Charlie Chaplin, wearing his tree costume on the set of Shoulder Arms, 1918
Charlie, wearing his tree costume from Shoulder Arms

Oh boy. I’m going to be jumping all around his timeline!

Well, maybe 1918. Right when he starting rolling with his studio and around the time when he was working on creating United Artists. Watching the making of Shoulder Arms. That would be cool 🙂

Second would be the filming of Limelight.

Charlie as Billy the Pageboy in “Sherlock Holmes” play

And in 1894, to sit in the audience when he took the stage at the first time at 5 years old to save his mom when she had a breakdown on stage and people were booing her. To divert their wrath, he started to sing and everyone loved him.

And, as a Sherlockian, an absolute must would be to watch one of his performances as Billy the pageboy in the Sherlock Holmes play, with either William Gillette or H. A. Saintsbury as Holmes.

Just now I released how I started this article, and is somewhat fitting. “Oh boy” was the signature line said in one of my favorite TV shows, “Quantum Leap“, about a guy who time travels by leaping into people’s bodies.

December 15th, 2020 by