Charles Chaplin

[rohmerin]

New discovery at Bolgona, "double cross" sequence from The great dictator. Article and two pictures in exclusive here

[Hail_Cesar]

Any link in French, English, German or Italian? I still have to learn Spanish

[domino harvey]

I used translate.google.com and while it's a little wonky, I got the idea. Sounds like an interesting sequence (though this should go in the Great Dictator thread, really)

[bearcuborg]

Leonard Martin's excellent Indiewire page recently posted this link for a great BBC radio feature on the Chaplin Archive Project. It was unknown to both of us for more than a year now.

Furthermore the Chaplin Museum looks to have a 2014 opening. Check out that virtual book!

[Calvin]

Chaplin's only novel, Footlights, is published for the first time

[filmyfan]

There was a talk by David Robinson at the NFT in London yesterday-was very good and Claire Bloom was introduced as a nice surprise and she spoke for 10 minutes or so. Overall a good evening.

[jindianajonz]

Does anyone know anything about the Charlie Chaplin: The Legend Lives On 5 disc DVD set? All I can gather is that the picture is subpar, but I can't find a listing of what films are included in this set. Is there anything essential in here, or am I better seeking out his shorts in other sets?

[Ashirg]

This is a public domain release. It's better to seek these titles elsewhere restored by Lobster Films/Flicker Alley.

The films included (per B&N listing):
Side #1 -- Disc 1
1. Caught in a Cabaret [15:55]
2. Mabel's Busy Day [9:35]
3. The Masquerader [9:25]
4. The Rounders [9:35]
5. In the Park [12:34]
6. By the Sea [9:26]
7. The Bank [14:32]
8. Shanghaied [17:21]
9. A Night in the Show [18:02]
Side #2 -- Disc 2
1. His New Job [23:53]
2. The Champion [22:40]
3. Face on the Barroom Floor [13:30]
4. A Woman [19:45]
5. The Count [20:21]
6. His Trying Place [15:56]
Side #3 -- Disc 3
1. The Vagabond [18:57]
2. The Fireman [20:27]
3. The Fatal Mallet [9:49]
4. Behind the Screen [20:07]
5. The Immigrant [20:01]
6. 20 Minutes of Love [10:01]
Side #4 -- Disc 4
1. The Adventurer [19:10]
2. The Cure [19:16]
3. Mabel's Strange Predicament [10:27]
4. Easy Street [18:53]
5. One A.M. [17:05]
6. A Fair Exchange [13:00]
Side #5 -- Disc 5
1. The Pawnshop [20:30]
2. The Floorwalker [19:48]
3. His Prehistoric Past [11:59]
4. A Burlesque on Carmen [43:54]
5. Laffing Gas [13:38]

[Paul Duncan]

Here is a video about The Charlie Chaplin Archives, a giant book published by TASCHEN, which I edited: https://youtu.be/EHPyEj8B3Ls

Videos showing the construction of Chaplin's World have been posted here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... r9zjaLfDeR

Click to see a TV report (in French) showing inside the Manoir and Museum spaces before the Chaplin's World exhibitions are installed: http://www.latele.ch/play?i=56176

Chaplin's World is due to open April 2016.

[Cagliostro]

New book published in Switzerland on Chaplin's unrealized final project, The Freak.

[bearcuborg]

The Chaplin Museum opens April 17th. I'm heading there this weekend and will report back to everyone.

[domino harvey]

Universal is releasing A Countess From Hong Kong on Blu-ray next month

[Fred Holywell]

Here's something different, a Lavazza coffee commercial utilizing Chaplin's Final Speech from The Great Dictator.

Good Morning Humanity is Lavazza's new global communication campaign that, through the words of Charlie Chaplin's "Final Speech" to Humanity, aims to send a message of positivity, presenting the horizon of a new world, ready to welcome a humanity rediscovered. Lavazza #TheNewHumanity

[Stefan Andersson]

20 seconds cut from Modern Times prior to a 50s reissue has surfaced.

Relevant video and info: https://www.nitrateville.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=31209

The missing bit explains a jump cut (covered by and intertitle) and music edit in the scene in question.

[Stefan Andersson]

A film archive in Austria has started a worldwide inventory of prints of Shoulder Arms. Only prints made before The Chaplin Revenue (1959) are sought.
Much information about the project, relevant contact information, the film´s four negatives and more:
https://lichtspiel.ch/MASh?fbclid=IwAR2 ... MYq9DLof7Q

Also:
http://www.charliechaplinarchive.org/en ... o-c-hunter

[Stefan Andersson]

A Woman of Paris now has a new score, by Timothy Brock, partly based on rediscovered 1951 home and studio recordings of Chaplin´s music:
https://festival.ilcinemaritrovato.it/e ... f-paris-2/