‘Chaplin: Spirit Of The Tramp’, Carmen Chaplin’s documentary, which explores her grandfather’s Romani heritage will get its world premiere at San Sebastián Film Festival on September 25th.
The feature includes exclusive interviews and many materials from the Chaplin archives, as well as film clips licensed by mk2 films. Some of the interviewees include Michael J. Chaplin, Geraldine Chaplin, Victoria Chaplin, Jane Chaplin & Christopher Chaplin. Producers include Dolores Chaplin.
The documentary will also be screened at Festival Lumière in Lyon in October.
Documentary directed by Carmen Chaplin
Screenplay: Carmen Chaplin, Ashim Bhalla, Isaki Lacuesta, Amaya Remírez.
Producers: Wave of Humanity, Basque Films, Atlantika Films, Kwanon Films, Roy Export SAS, Submarine Sublime
Running Time: 86 minutes (excluding credits)
“Movement and Speech” provides a unique opportunity to trace the lives of Chaplin and De Funès and to discover the diversity of their comic talents. The exhibition includes over 300 photographs and archival materials, as well as video extracts from iconic scenes. Visitors will be greeted by wax figures of De Funès, on loan from the Musée Grévin, and of Chaplin, alongside numerous pieces of memorabilia from both artists’ lives. The interactive exhibition is fun for the whole family, and gives visitors a chance to dance along with the artists in some of their most famous scenes.
In June, there will be live music in the park at Chaplin’s World every weekend! See full programme on Chaplin’s World’s website.
CHAPLIN, a new licensed stage play retracing Chaplin’s life story, written in Turkish by Aksel Bonfil and produced by Mert Siliv, premiered on May 27th at Zorlu Performing Arts Center in Istanbul with plans of touring to other venues in Turkey.
Dan Kamin, who trained Robert Downey Jr. for his performance in Chaplin and Johnny Depp for a sequence in Benny and Joon, worked with actor Özgür Daniel Foster for this production.
“What he is satirizing in the film
is not so much America as our whole
modern civilization — the world of
television and fan hysteria, of exiled
monarchs and corrupt republics, the
values or lack of values in our age.
It just so happens that Chaplin has
lived so many years in the States that
he knows how far that country is the
synthesis of all our ills. Whereas Mod-
ern Times was a satire on the machine
age, so A King in New York may proba-
bly come to be considered as a satire
on the atomic age.”
In 1957, Dawn Addams cast a lucid gaze upon the film she had just starred in as lead actress: A King in New York.
Charles Chaplin was forced into exile from America in 1952 during the time of McCarthyism and the Red Scare. In the 1950s, Chaplin wrote and directed in England the film comedy, A King In New York, that satirized America in the atomic age and blacklisting. He cast English actress Dawn Addams as his co-star.
Just before the film’s release in 1957, film writer John Francis Lane sat down with Addams and conducted an illuminating interview on what it was like to work with Chaplin.
Dawn Addams - My Life As Chaplin’s Leading Lady is a cleverly compiled book by journalist and author James Pepper which includes John Francis Lane’s interview with Addams while A King is New York was still in post-production and original writing by Charles Chaplin from the same period, giving his thoughts and definitions of comedy and tragedy. The chosen extracts are from a rare draft typescript preserved in the Chaplin Archives.
Printed in a limited edition, this little gem of a book is illustrated with black and white photographs from the Chaplin Archives and can be ordered at www.jamespepperbooks.com
CHAPLIN, CHARLES, DAWN ADDAMS, JOHN FRANCIS LANE. Dawn Addams - My Life As Chaplin’s Leading Lady - Filming Charles Chaplin’s A King In New York - By John Francis Lane. Introduction and Afterword by James Pepper. Santa Barbara: Santa Teresa Press, 2024. First Edition. Limited to 500 copies.
Chaplin Fans, take advantage of this exclusive opportunity! For a limited time, play a brand new puzzle game BEFORE its eventual release to the general public.
B Df’rent Games is launching the first officially licensed Charlie Chaplin mobile game ever: “Charlie Chaplin,The Missing Pieces”.
The demo is available on the App Store, Google Play Store, or on PC.
Download it now and share your valuable feedback on their official Discord server to help B Df’rent Games create the perfect gaming experience tailored just for you.
