Charlie Chaplin – Flicker Alley

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Charlie Chaplin Shorts: A Complete Guide to the Keystone, Essanay and Mutual Films

Your complete guide to the early Charlie Chaplin shorts at Keystone, Essanay and Mutual! Signing a contract with Keystone Studios in 1913, Charlie Chaplin left the vaudeville to begin what would become a legendary career on the silver screen. After […]

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23.8.2017
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Santa Monica: Win Tickets to the CHAPLIN COMES ALIVE Film Series at the Aero Theatre, February 3–5, 2017!

Flicker Alley is giving away FIVE pairs of tickets to the CHAPLIN COMES ALIVE film series at the Aero Theatre in Santa Monica, CA, courtesy of American Cinematheque! Enter using the giveaway form below for a chance to win! […]

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20.1.2017
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Chaplin’s Greatest Rival?

Flicker Alley is proud to present the following essay by Robert M. Fells. Robert M. “Bob” Fells is an independent film historian and author. An attorney and trade association executive in the Washington, D.C. area, Bob has been collecting […]

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7.9.2016
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What is Charlie Chaplin Doing in Ballet Mechanique?

Ballet Mechanique (1923-24) by Fernand Léger and Dudley Murphy is hailed as a masterpiece of early avant-garde filmmaking. The opening credits features a title card with the phrase "Charlot présente le ballet mécanique" along with a cutout figure all modern movie-goers [...]

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1.2.2016
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His New Job: Chaplin’s First Days at Essanay

By Dan Kamin, performer and author of The Comedy of Charlie Chaplin: Artistry in Motion Mr. Chaplin threw up his hands. “I have been in the Essanay Studio just fifteen minutes,” he said, “and I don’t know anything about anything.”[1] […]

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11.11.2015
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Serge Bromberg on the Genesis of The Chaplin Project

Launched in 1999, The Chaplin Project brings together a consortium of international archives with Lobster Films in Paris and the Cineteca di Bologna in Italy to restore all of Charlie Chaplin’s short films and features. Serge Bromberg, founder of […]

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9.10.2015
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Charlie Chaplin in Niles

by Charles Epting The community of Niles, California is synonymous with Charlie Chaplin. The town hosts an annual Charlie Chaplin Days festival, antique store windows are lined with images of the iconic actor, and a life-sized statue of the […]

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17.9.2015
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Modern Times: A Millennial’s Love Affair With Silent Films

by Charles Epting, author of University Park, Los Angeles (Brief History) My name is Charles Epting. I’m 21 years old, and I almost exclusively watch silent films. That is a fact that is often met with incredulity by my peers. […]

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22.5.2015
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