Tag: Charlie Chaplin

July 8, 2013 /

THE INMATES ARE TAKING OVER THE ASYLUM – THE NEW WORLD OF PUBLISHING

March 18, 2013 /

UNITED ARTISTS

The founders: Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin, and D.W. Griffith

March 10, 2013 /

DAVID NIVEN’S FIRST “REAL” MOVIE ROLE – STARRING CLAUDETTE COLBERT AND GARY COOPER

January 17, 2013 /

MODERN TIMES – CHARLIE CHAPLIN

In which the tramp has a rough go – “Modern Times” (1936) –

January 17, 2013 /

FILM PIONEERS

Once upon a time I had a friend whose great-granny invested in little Tommy Edison’s electric company… That’s neither here nor there, but, in his time Edison’s became a multifaceted company and he ran an East Coast syndicate that extracted fees from filmmakers – the very thing that made Cecil…

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January 17, 2013 /

CHARLIE CHAPLIN AND ANNA PAVLOVA

Two performers who knew how to move:

January 17, 2013 /

CHARLIE CHAPLIN LOSES LOOK-ALIKE CONTEST – 1915

snopes.com: Charlie Chaplin Look-Alike Contest.

January 10, 2013 /

JACKIE COOGAN

The actor whose exploitation brought about the Coogan Laws governing earnings, education, hours, and trusts set aside (California Child Actor’s Bill)… Long and short, Coogan was screwed over by his mother and step-father. His mother’s response, “No promises were ever made to give Jackie anything. Every dollar a kid earns…

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July 26, 2012 /

ANITA LOOS – RICHARD NEUTRA

Anita Loos, looking scholarly, famous for writing the bestselling, “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes”, notoriously lied about her age, stating she started writing for motion pictures at the age of twelve in 1912… Pictured below: Charlie Chaplin, Anita Loos, Paulette Goddard, and John Emerson. Loos and Emerson were married for seventeen years…

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