Charlie Chaplin & Paulette Goddard mid-late 1932, I believe they are at a tennis match
After City Lights premiered in January 1931 Charlie went home to England for a visit and ended up afterwards going on trips all over the world, he was gone 18 months.
When he came back he met Paulette Goddard, he encouraged her to change her hair back to its natural dark brown, it was more flattering on her.
Charlie Chaplin & Paulette Goddard mid-late 1932, I believe they are at a tennis match
After City Lights premiered in January 1931 Charlie went home to England for a visit and ended up afterwards going on trips all over the world, he was gone 18 months.
When he came back he met Paulette Goddard, she was a blond but he encouraged her to change to brunette as that was more flattering to her
Charlie Chaplin and Paulette Goddard at Max Reinhardt’s production of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Hollywood Bowl, 1934
As mentioned previously, Charlie liked to be involved in every part of the production of his film even the hair of his leading lady Paulette Goddard (bottom center) who plays Hannah in “The Great Dictator”.
Article titled “Chaplin Talks”
December 1940 Photoplay: http://archive.org/stream/photoplay52chic#page/n495/mode/2up
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The last words of the silent era “smile”. Charlie Chaplin did “Modern Times” in 1936. Held out for 9 years after the first talkie in 1927.
THE GREAT DICTATOR - Ocotober 15, 1940
This was Charlie Chaplin most financially successful film but more than that it showed how a true film maker is brave, does things from his heart and mind, not what may be popular at the time.
Many in the Hollywood and Political communites feared that this film may incite Hitler but Hitler was already showing what an evil human being he truly was…I have no tolerence what so ever for anyone that can excuse anything Hitler did, he was pure evil.
A satire/making an ass out of the evil Hitler….
Buck up—never say die. We’ll get along!
One of the great scenes at the end of “Modern Times” - 1936 - the tramp ever looking on the bright side
250 Favorite Classic Films in no particular order
⇨ The Great Dictator (1940)
Look up, Hannah. The clouds are lifting, the sun is breaking through. We are coming out of the darkness into the light. We are coming into a new world. A kind new world where men will rise above their hate and brutality.
The end of the speech..how haunting, the unimaginable that would be discovered 5 years later, if Charlie Chaplin only ever made one film this would be the one to show his genius and bravery to take on Hitler when other’s didn’t want to or couldn’t be bothered - it was not happening in their back yard so to speak.
Another of my favorites - Charlie Chaplin with his long time companion (1932-1942) Paulette Goddard.
I have always loved this photo of Charlie & Paulette Goddard on the set of “Modern Times” 1936- here he is helping Paulette with her dress, this man literally had his hand into ever single aspect of his films - director, actor, producer, editor, composer, writer, sets etc, of course using his own money he could afford to be that way.
At this point he was 46 and had played “the tramp” since 1914 at the age of 24..this film would be his good-bye to “the tramp”.
MODERN TIMES - FEBRUARY 5, 1936 - The Silent Era Ends
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”
