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.
Screenings in Copenhagen
The Danish Film Institute Cinematheque has been celebrating the 100 years of The Tramp with several screenings in February and March. Here are some of their March screenings:
- A Dog’s Life + The Idle Class: March 11th
- The Gold Rush: March 12th
- City Lights: March 13th
- Modern Times: March 13th and March 25th
- The Circus: March 16th
Visit the Danish Film Institue website for full details.
Chaplin in Portugal
Don’t miss these live orchestral screenings this month at the beautiful Teatro Nacional de São Carlos in Lisbon with Timothy Brock conducting Chaplin’s scores:
- City Lights, 23rd March
- The Circus, 28th March
- Modern Times, preceded by Kid Auto Races at Venice, 30th March
For full information, visit the website of the Teatro Nacional de São Carlos.
City Lights with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
On Friday, March 21st, 2014, 8:00 pm, don’t miss a screening of Charlie Chaplin’s masterpiece City Lights with live orchestral accompaniment at the Chicago Symphony Center. Richard Kaufman conducts the Chicago Symphony Orchestra playing Chaplin’s own score. City Lights, believed by many to be the greatest film Chaplin ever made, follows the Tramp on his quest to rescue the Flower Girl from blindness and poverty.
For tickets and event details, visit the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s website.
The Gold Rush with Live Orchestra
For those of you who wish to experience the magic of Charlie Chaplin’s “The Gold Rush” while listening to a live orchestra play Chaplin’s own score, here are a few upcoming U.S. dates:
23 Feb 2014 - Vancouver, WA - Visit the Bravo! Vancouver Concert Series website for details
28 Feb 2014 - Tampa, FL - Visit the Florida Orchestra website for details
01 Mar 2014 - St. Petersburg, FL - Visit the Florida Orchestra website for details
01 Mar 2014 - Tempe, AZ - Visit the Arizona Pro Arte Ensemble website for details
14 Mar 2014 - Lexington, KY - Visit the Lexington Philharmonic website for details
And, as always, our full, regularly updated list of live orchestral screenings of Chaplin films around the world is available on our live orchestral screenings page.
Toronto Silent Film Fest Celebrates 100 Years of Chaplin
The 2014 Toronto Silent Film Festival celebrates 100 years of Chaplin on film. The festival runs from April 3rd to April 8th, 2014, featuring screenings of Chaplin’s The Circus, The Masquerader and Behind the Screen. See the Toronto Silent Film Festival’s website for full details.
And if you are on Instagram, check out the wonderful Charlie Chaplin Timeline the festival has put online to celebrate Chaplin’s centenary on film. Please note this only works on mobile devices: http://instagram.com/tsff2014