Wednesday, September 21, 2022

Louise Brooks and Charlie - Part 2

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  Kenneth Tynan's article continues with Louise Brooks' appraisal of Charlie:   Louise is speaking: "Do you know, I can't o...
Wednesday, September 14, 2022

Louise Brooks, Kenneth Tynan, and Charlie

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 A recent New Yorker magazine carried an article written by Kenneth Tynan on June 11, 1979. It is about a famous silent film actress named L...
Saturday, June 18, 2022

Thoughts from an esteemed critic on "City Lights"

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  In Film Comment, October 1972, the renowned critic Stanley Kauffmann gave his thoughts about Charlie's 1931 movie "City Lights....
Friday, February 11, 2022

A Hard Look at "The Kid"

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  The next film up in Film Comment, Sept-Oct 1972, is “The Kid.” The author of the article is Gary Carey. I tried to find some information o...
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Monday, January 24, 2022

When Charlie Returned While Buster Was Fading

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  I have this stack of magazines in the “Chaplin Section” of my office. They usually sit there, month after month, waiting to be opened, rea...
Wednesday, January 19, 2022

Charlie, H.G. Wells, and the Russian Situation

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      Looking through some old books in my Chaplin collection, I came across "Six Men" by Alistair Cooke. In it, he profiles H. L....
Wednesday, June 30, 2021

Charlie, Jason and Me: An Occurance of Synchronicity

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      Charlie Chaplin appears at the most surprising times in the most unusual places.  No rhyme or reason, other than the unknown forces at...
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