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Michael Cartellone Paints Chaplin


If you call yourself Michael and you are a great pop/rock musician there is a great chance you’re also a die hard fan of Charlie Chaplin.

“Michael Cartellone”:http://www.michaelcartellone.com, drummer for the legendary Lynyrd Skynyrd band, is also a painter and when he doesn’t ferociously bang the sticks on the drums, he gently lets one fly over the canvas to capture the life of his other great passion, Chaplin.

He is now selling 82 signed and numbered Limited Edition giclee’ on paper reproductions of the Charlie Chaplin portrait, “have a look”:http://www.michaelcartellone.com/www/site/cc2.html

Michael Jackson as The Little Tramp


Michael Jackson used to be a huge fan of Chaplin. “Here”:http://www.abidjantv.net/?link=details_actu&id=2277 is an amazing image of him in London, in front of the house where Chaplin used to live with his mother and brother Sydney.. The picture has been taken by Tony Prime in 1979…

Happy Birthday !


Today (ahem yesterday, sorry for that) Charlie Chaplin would have been 120 years old. But never has he been so young in our hearts, and so modern in these times of crisis.

The best way to celebrate him is of course to watch his films. Have you seen any on wide screen accompanied by live orchestra ? It’s a unique experience. Also there are more and more of them planned, specially in the U.S. and we only get reports of great success.

The schedules are at our “SHOWS Section”:http://www.charliechaplin.com/news/live_performances

In France the 26 of November la Cité de la musique is projecting shorts (public domain) accompanied by Student of “le Conservatoire de Paris” jazz section.

The Strad Magazine


The December 2008 edition of “THE STRAD”:http://www.thestrad.com magazine has Chaplin as its cover story. “Strad’s”:http://www.thestrad.com editor Ariane Todes endearingly confesses to having recently become a Chaplin geek,and gives us interesting insight into his use of the violin and his proficiency at playing it…

Charlie Chaplin and the Ulster Orchestra (UK)


A weekend of Charlie Chaplin films has been announced for Belfast’s Waterfront Hall in December…

Classic silent movies from 1916-17 have been newly-restored and they will be accompanied by the “Ulster Orchestra”:http://www.ulster-orchestra.org.uk playing film scores especially written by BAFTA-winning composer Carl Davis, who will also be conducting.

Six films will be shown - three each evening on Friday 19 and Saturday 20 December at 7.45PM. The 25-minutes films were made during Charlie Chaplin’s year with the Mutual Film Corporation.

Read more “info”:http://www.ulster-orchestra.org.uk

Collector prints


The company “Cult Prints”:http://www.cultprints.com/editions-chaplin.php has again teamed up with the Chaplin Archives to bring you a brand new series of prints that celebrate Charlie Chaplin’s most popular silent comedies.

The new SILENT MASTERPIECES COLLECTION includes prints from the following seminal films:

“The Kid”:/en/articles/3 (1921)
“The Gold Rush”:/en/articles/5 (1925)
“The Circus”:/en/articles/1 (1928)
“City Lights”:/en/articles/4 (1931)
“Modern Times”:/en/articles/6 (1936)

The prints can purchased separately or as a collection - but all images are strictly limited to an edition size of just 295.
“Read more”:http://www.cultprints.com/editions-chaplin.php about these remarkable images and reserve your prints today.

New Chaplin T-shirts


OLTRE 2008 Chaplin Collection now available through their stores in ITALY Trendy womens tops bearing the Little Tramp image.

Unfortunately, OLTRE does not have an online shop.