Wednesday, February 21, 2018

Charlie Chaplin -- Little, But Oh My! -- February 21, 2018

Moving Picture World, 02-February-1918
100 years ago this month, First National was offering rights to book Charlie Chaplin's new "Signature Protected" comedies.  Note the signature, which would appear on legitimate posters and movies.

Moving Picture World, 09-February-1918
Chaplin's new studio was ready to use.  "Charlie started work to-day.  Will deliver first comedity in usual six weeks."  -- Probably didn't happen.

Moving Picture World, 16-February-1918
Chaplin poses with Sir Harry Lauder, a famous Scottish entertainer.  They have traded parts of their costumes.

Moving Picture World, 02-February-1918
Charlie Chaplin had left Mutual, which was releasing the last of his 12 masterful two-reelers, but Mutual was offering the "Chaplin-Mutual Specials." "There's a barrel of money in the new booking plan..."

Moving Picture World, 02-February-1918
An ad for Detroit's Madison Theater says "If you think Charlie Chaplin's previous pictures were funny -- see this one."  "The Adventurer" was the last Chaplin-Mutual Special.

Moving Picture World, 02-February-1918
Two years after Chaplin left, Essanay continued to re-release a Chaplin film every month.

Moving Picture World, 09-February-1918
"This is the sixth of Essanay's reissues of Chaplin's early successes." 

Moving Picture World, 16-February-1918
"Charlie Chaplin in The Films That Made Him Famous."

Motion Picture Magazine, February, 1918
"...a really handsome, charming young man."

2 comments:

  1. My Nana had a porcelain tankard with the 3D face of Harry Lauder that fascinated me as a kid.

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  2. Grandparents always seem to have something like that to fascinate the grandkids.

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