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…
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
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.
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.
Characters of the new Pixar animated film “Wall-E” are inspired by Charlie Chaplin’s humour and the character of Buster Keaton….
“Click here to read more”:http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/movies/ny-etwalle5741526jun27,0,3888725.story
Children from several schools in Walworth, where Chaplin grew up, put on a fabulous presentation of Charlie Chaplin’s South London at the Unicorn Theatre on June 27th 2008.
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They showed us how children in Victorian times played and worked. Particularly impressive were the Surrey Square infants school presentations of clog dancing, as Charlie would have danced with the Eight Lancashire Lads, and playing the spoons to a selection of popular music hall songs of the time.
Children from St Peter’s School Walworth enacted Charlie and Sydney’s childhood, including time at the workhouse, with panache. One child quoted from My Autobiography beautifully and brought tears to the eyes. Crampton School played out scenes from a Victorian childhood, reminding us that even in the direst poverty, white starched clothes were the norm. Their enactment of the workhouse showed how frightening it must have been for Charlie and Sydney.
Kids from Surrey School Junior School worked with “Tom Cross”:http://www.tomcrossanimation.com on a wonderful animated film, Charlie Chaplin meets the Kung Fu Cat.
We hope this will soon be available for you to see on “Tom’s website”:http://www.tomcrossanimation.com
St John’s Primary ended their great silent film on stage show with a rendition of Smile that had the whole theatre, local mayors, MP and parents alike, singing with them.
Sadly the theatre was not big enough for all the children to see each others acts and they had to wait patiently outside.
Hopefully, if this project is renewed, a larger venue could be found.
Jack McInroy, from the staff of St Peter’s School and huge Chaplin fan, dressed up as Charlie and amused the audience during the stage changes.
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Thanks to everyone who worked on this project. May there be many more!
Chaplin laughter helps to heal !
Research at the UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center for children found that when children watched classic humorous films and tv shows - the works of Mr. Chaplin included among them - they were able to withstand a painful medical procedure longer and with less stress and trauma.
This has huge implications for children and adults who cope with chronic painful illnesses.
Here are “the published findings”:http://ecam.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/nem097v1
“Read the full article”:http://ecam.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/nem097?ijkey=vQVXkCN8QhDjDQe&keytype=ref%20
You can also purchase from “Rx Laughter’s website”:http://www.rxlaughter.org/t_news.htm#rxcard Chaplin postcards
“Thinking of you” and learn more about the foundation its role and how to support it.