I’m so happy to get these kind of messages, thank you so much. I just love when others find him as wonderful as I do.
Anne
Charlie Chaplin & Harry Mansell British Bantamweight who came to visit Chaplin Studios during the production of The Kid circa 1919-1920.
I think if Charlie had not gone into film he would have gone into boxing, granted he would be a feather weight :)
The bottom photo:
Here is Charlie Chaplin with Jack Dempsey - considered one of the greatest boxers of the 20th Century. A legend, I can remember my grandfather and father still talking about him. He was World Heavy Weight Champion from 1919-1926.
This is at Chaplin Studios circa 1918, I laugh when I look at the size of his fist next to Charlie, it is 4 times bigger and his fist covers half of his face.
Here is little clip showing he and Charlie sparring.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wniMrsMTnyg
very good :) cute guy, cute kids :)
It is awfully cute..apparently big bows were the fad back then :)
omigosh - to actually walk a few yards on that road would be the holy grail of my life.
Hell yeah!!, I’m not even sure if they really have a monument, I think it is some sort of plaque, not completely sure. It is so iconic in the history of the cinema to me for so many reasons, some that I mentioned. I’m so glad it still looks relatively the same.
Charlie Chaplin sans tramp costume with a group of children, Lake Arrowhead, California in 1916.
I think they were probably having difficulty reconciling that this little man was also “the tramp” they seen in the movies.
The girl behind him seems fascinated with his hair :)
that scene always makes me laugh for the gag, but also - that was evidently back in the day when you could just leave your baby carriage WITH THE BABY outside while you went into a store and not worry about someone taking it. :)
I agree, I remember my grandmother telling me how she use to put my mother in a carriage outside and let her have what they call a sun bath, both things quite frowned upon today but dangerous to leave your children for a second.
THE KID - 1921
It appears he is explaining to the woman that she dropped the baby from the carriage and he found it over there.
NO way! i was like, “someone did a fine job to make it like it so realistically colored!” But I read the captions, and it took me by a shocker! Seriously, this is too good to be true!
It is, and historical - they were just experimenting with color film - so great to see the tramp in real color, I was surprised to see the tramp wearing blue pants.
The ending came with little fanfare on Sierra Highway near Agua Dulce, California. The only people on-site to witness the finale were the stars and crew of the film Modern Times, who were there to film the iconic final scene
Sierra Hwy. & Penman Rd., Santa Clarita, California, USA (Ending-The Road)
Surprisingly after 77 years does not look much different.
Out of this would be
The good-bye to the tramp though this time he would go down the long road with a companion,
End of the silent era,
The last silent words “spoken” - “Smile” and
The iconic song “Smile” would come from this film.how apropos.
As requested by http://lookitsjocelyn.tumblr.com/
These are the only known real color photos of Charlie Chaplin as the “the tramp”. Taken in 1918, the top 2 are him outside his new studio. The bottom 2 are on the set of “A Dog’s Life”
The studio still stands at 1416 N. La Brea Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California It is now know as The Jim Henson studio - creator of The Muppets.
In February 1969, the old Chaplin Studios were designated as a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument.[9] At the time, Carl Dentzel, the President of the Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Board, said the property was one of the few locations from old Hollywood that retained a complete early-day production layout
