One of Charlie Chaplin’s original Tramp costumes is part of the “Becoming Los Angeles” exhibition at the Natural History Museum in Los Angeles. Chaplin himself donated this costume to the NHM. The exhibition explores L.A.’s Native Americans, colonists, and settlers; rancheros, citrus growers and oil barons; captains of industry, boosters, and radicals; filmmakers, innovators, and more!
For more information, visit the Natural History Museum website.
Four Chaplin Mutual comedies will be screened this week at the Festival Lumière in Lyon, France (The Immigrant, The Cure, The Pawnshop, The Adventurer).
Screenings on October 17, 19 and 20, 2013
See the Festival Lumière 2013 website for details.
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.
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.
Sunday, October 20th, 2013 at 2:30 pm
Don’t miss Charlie Chaplin’s The Gold Rush at the historic Curzon Cinema, 46 Old Church Road, Clevedon, North Somerset, England BS21 6NN.
Book now on the Curzon Cinema’s website!
Criterion is releasing Chaplin’s City Lights on DVD/Blu-ray on November 12, 2013.
Disc Features
-New digital restoration from a 4K film transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
-New audio commentary by Charlie Chaplin biographer Jeffrey Vance
-Chaplin Today: “City Lights,” a 2003 documentary on the film, featuring Aardman Animations cofounder Peter Lord
-Chaplin Studios: Creative Freedom by Design, a new interview program featuring visual effects expert Craig Barron
-Archival footage from the production of City Lights, including film from the set, with audio commentary by Chaplin historian Hooman Mehran; a costume test; a rehearsal; and a complete scene not used in the film
-Excerpt from Chaplin’s short film The Champion (1915), along with footage of the director with boxing stars at Chaplin Studios in 1918
-Trailers
-One Blu-ray and one DVD, with all content available in both formats
-PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Gary Giddins and a 1966 interview with Chaplin
“A picture with a smile – and perhaps, a tear” - The Nomad Cinema presents an open air screening of Charlie Chaplin’s 1921 masterpiece The Kid in a magical environment in central London.
Place: Coram Secret Garden, London
Date: Wednesday, August 21st, 2013
Time: Doors open at 7.00PM, screening at 8.30PM
Don’t forget blankets, cushions and lots of layers and make sure you’re sitting comfortably as the sun goes down and the screen goes up.
Please visit the Nomad Cinema’s website for full details.