Chaplin is "For The Ages"

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Donald Crisp and Charlie Chaplin

Donald Crisp born George William Crisp on July 27, 1882, in London was an English actor, film director, screenwriter, and producer.

Donald Crisp knew Charlie Chaplin personally. Both were born in London in the 1880s and then emigrated to the United States, where they achieved spectacular success in the film industry. Were key figures in the early era of Hollywood cinema, and their professional and personal paths crossed repeatedly. Crisp frequently visited Chaplin on the sets of his productions.

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There are archival photographs from October 5, 1916, showing, among others, Donald Crisp visiting Charlie Chaplin on the film sets at Lone Star Studio, where Chaplin was shooting his famous short films for the Mutual Film Company.

The images feature Donald Crisp (on the right), Leah Peck, Al Lydell, and Bobby Higgins, as well as other vaudeville performers such as Al and Fanny Steadman and Helen Schaffer Jones.

The Ritz Hotel, London, 1921 – Charlie Chaplin during his first trip to his hometown and the promotion of the film "The Kid".

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In September 1921, Donald Crisp accompanied Charlie Chaplin on his triumphant return to his native London. When Chaplin greeted the crowds from the balcony of the Ritz Hotel, Crisp stood right beside him, on his right. Charlie’s cousin, Aubrey Chaplin, can also be seen on the left.

The official Charlie Chaplin archive holds letters written by Aubrey Chaplin. They reveal that he helped care for the actor's ailing mother, Hannah Chaplin (X)

Donald Crisp and Charlie Chaplin shared the same social circles in Los Angeles. Among other things, they were regulars and members of the exclusive Los Angeles Athletic Club (X)

In this photo, Donald Crisp appears alongside biggest film stars. From left (front row): Harold Lloyd, Mack Sennett, Barney Oldfield, Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks, (Donald Crisp), and Charlie Murray.

Although Donald Crisp was best known as a character actor -winning an Oscar for "How Green Was My Valley"- and a director who worked with the likes of Buster Keaton, he maintained regular contact with Charlie Chaplin throughout their decades in the film industry.

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Edna Purviance as Carmen and Charles Chaplin as Darn Hosiery in Carmen (also known as Charlie Chaplin’s Burlesque on Carmen and A Burlesque on Carmen)

Chaplin’s original version was a tightly paced two-reeler, but in 1916 after Chaplin had moved to Mutual, Essanay reworked the film into a four-reel version called A Burlesque on Carmen, or Burlesque on ‘Carmen’, adding discarded footage and new scenes involving a subplot about a gypsy character played by Ben Turpin. This longer version was deeply flawed in pacing and continuity, not representative of Chaplin’s initial conception. Chaplin sued Essanay but failed to stop the distribution of the longer version; Essanay’s tampering with this and other of his films contributed significantly to Chaplin’s bitterness about his time there. [x]

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They’re so adorable

Charlie Chaplin and Edna Purviance in Behind the Screen (1916)

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Charlie Chaplin and Edna Purviance in “Behind The Screen” (1916)

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Charlie Chaplin in an interesting shot from his iconic 1921 film "The Kid".

Here, Charlie embodies his famous Tramp character, and the scene exemplifies his mastery of physical comedy.

Below is the melody "Smile." Naturally, this piece does not come from the soundtrack of Charlie Chaplin's film "The Kid". Chaplin composed the melody 15 years later for his famous 1936 film "Modern Times". Initially, the piece was merely an instrumental theme; lyrics were not added until 1954.

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An amusing scene from Charlie Chaplin's film "Modern Times" in 1936. In an effort to return a flag that has fallen off a construction truck he inadvertently leads a protest of weary hard working people.

The tinted flag is not in the original film.

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Taking tea during production of “The Bond” 1918.

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Exactly 111 years ago, on July 4, 1912, the film studio Keystone Pictures Studio (also known as the Keystone Film Company) was founded, based in the former Bison Studios facilities at 1712 Alessandro Street (now Glendale Boulevard) in Edendale (a district of Los Angeles, USA).

Keystone Pictures Studio was founded by director Mack Sennett, with the assistance of film producers Adam Kessel and Charles O. Baumann.

The studio became famous for producing fast-paced slapstick comedies—notable for features such as the "Keystone Cops" and early roles played by Charlie Chaplin.

The photos show the founders of the Keystone Film Company: Mack Sennett, Charles O. Baumann, and Adam Kessel.

Keystone Studios went down in history as the "cradle of comedy." It was at this studio that Chaplin made his screen debut and created and refined his famous "Tramp" persona.

In addition to Charlie Chaplin, other significant and distinguished artists took their first steps here, such as Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, Mabel Normand, Ford Sterling, Harry Langdon, Fred Mace, and Sydney Chaplin.

In subsequent years, Mack Sennett also facilitated the debuts and career growth of other aspiring artists, providing opportunities to talents such as Harold Lloyd, Chester Conklin, Ben Turpin, Marie Dressler, Louise Fazenda, Slim Summerville, Charley Chase, Alfred St. John, Gloria Swanson, Wallace Beery, and Carole Lombard.

From a historical perspective, the three years following the studio's founding were pivotal. It was during this period that many of the silent film era's most iconic and groundbreaking productions were created.

Charlie Chaplin made a total of 36 films at the Keystone studio; all of them were produced in 1914.

The company operated from 1912 to 1935.

The following collection of photos features some of the actors who began their careers at the aforementioned Keystone Pictures Studio, starting in 1912. I have listed only the most famous ones, though many others are also worthy of note -

- Charlie Chaplin, Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, Mabel Normand, and Mack Sennett (pictured together), Chester Conklin, Ford Sterling, Gloria Swanson, Marie Dressler, Fred Mace, Harold Lloyd, Minta Durfee, Sydney Chaplin, Ben Turpin, Mack Swain, Alfred St. John, and Buster Keaton.

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Advertisement featuring the tramp for a leather care product. France, 1923. (Source: DFF, Photo: Uwe Dettmar)

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A Dog's Life (Charles Chaplin, 1918).

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"One A.M." 1916

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Charlie Chaplin and 6 year old Jackie Coogan on set of "The Kid", circa 1920.

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Photographer James Abbe, taken on set of his film "The Pilgrim" in 1922.

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Rare Footage of Lady Chaplin Oona O Neill talking (around late 1970s after her husband’s death)

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Charlie Chaplin.

Photographed by James Edward Abbe, 1922.

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"Abbe's remarkable career began at the advent of portrait photography, silent films, and photojournalism in Virginia and New York, continuing in Hollywood and Europe in the 1920s and 1930s. In the 1940s he transitioned to radio and television, first as a commentator in Portland and San Francisco, and later as a TV critic for the Oakland Tribune. His photography has been celebrated in Europe and the US with major retrospectives at the National Portrait Gallery in London, the Chrysler Museum in Virginia, and the Museum Ludwig in Cologne, Germany." (X)