Happy 125th Birthday, Charlie!
125 years ago today: BIRTH OF CHARLES CHAPLIN!
Victorian Music Hall Songs by Charles Chaplin, Sr.
The Porter House of Publishing has released a songbook by Cecilia H. Porter featuring six long lost songs that were originally performed on the Victorian Music Hall stage more than a hundred years ago by Charles Chaplin Senior, father of the famous Little Tramp.
For details, see our previous post about this topic or visit the Porter House of Publishing website.
The Champion Restoration Project, Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
The Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum wishes to sponsor the restoration of The Champion and they are seeking the public’s help. The museum is located on the former site of the Niles Essanay Studios where Charlie Chaplin once made films.
To donate or to read the full details about their restoration project of The Champion, visit the museum’s The Champion Restoration page.
Symposium: Art for the Citizen
September 25, 26, 27, and 29 - Crystal Bridges Museum, Bentonville, AR
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas presents a symposium on Art for the Citizen— bringing together creative thinkers from surrounding institutions to explore artists from the first half of the twentieth century whose work conveys political and social messages—from paintings to the cinema of Charlie Chaplin. The final day of the symposium features a live performance accompanying Charlie Chaplin’s City Lights, presented by the Arkansas Philharmonic Orchestra playing Chaplin’s own score.
For full program details, visit the Crystal Bridges website.
Keaton, Chaplin and The "Fabulous Fifties"
September 27-28, 2013 in Iola, Kansas:
If you think you have to choose between Chaplin and Keaton, you don’t! Enjoy them both at the Buster Keaton Celebration this year, where Chaplin will be their guest of honor. Visit the 21st Annual Buster Keaton Celebration website for full details.
The Hat, The Cane, The Moustache
August 1-26, 2013 at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe: The Hat, The Cane, The Moustache is a solo show in which a young actor explores the life and career of his idol, Charlie Chaplin.
Clive Elkington stars in this unique and playful look at one of the world’s most famous film stars.
Explore the life and career of Charlie Chaplin through the eyes of a young actor in the moments before he goes on stage to recreate his idol. This one man show is a funny and extraordinary story of two performers, told in words, visual and physical theatre - all with a great big toothy grin, and the inspiration of a legend to draw on… With a hat, a cane and a moustache, Chaplin’s Little Tramp will come back to life right before your eyes.
For more information, see the Edinburgh Festival Fringe website. You can also check out the show’s Facebook page - Or if you tweet, follow @ChaplinEdFringe
Photos: Chaplin and Animals
For your viewing pleasure, here is another selection of photographs from the Chaplin archives. Our theme for this selection is “Chaplin and Animals”. Enjoy!
On the set of A Dog’s Life (1918) © Roy Export Company Establishment. Scan courtesy Cineteca di Bologna.
Merna Kennedy and Chaplin play with a kitten. The Circus (1928) © Roy Export S.A.S. Scan courtesy Cineteca di Bologna.
Charlie Chaplin in One A.M. (1916) From the archives of Roy Export Company Establishment.
Charlie tries blowing a pill down a horse’s throat in The Circus (1928) © Roy Export S.A.S. Scan courtesy Cineteca di Bologna.
Charlie as a tight-rope walker, attacked by escaped monkeys in The Circus (1928) © Roy Export S.A.S. Scan courtesy Cineteca di Bologna.
Chaplin as a street cleaner with Anna May, famed elephant star, in City Lights (1931) © Roy Export S.A.S. Scan courtesy Cineteca di Bologna.
On the set of The Circus (1928). For the scenes with the lions Chaplin made some 200 takes, in many of which he was actually inside the lion’s cage. © Roy Export Company Establishment. Scan courtesy Cineteca di Bologna.
Charles Chaplin feeds a bear on the set of The Gold Rush (1925). © Roy Export Company Establishment. Scan courtesy Cineteca di Bologna.
A cat steals a sausage from the table in Pay Day (1922) © Roy Export S.A.S. Scan courtesy Cineteca di Bologna.
You can also check out our previous photo archive posts:
February 28th, 2013: A selection of Chaplin photographs
March 29th, 2013: From the Chaplin archives