With the exception of the Marx Brothers (and there are five of them) Charlie Chaplin (1889-1975) is the stage and screen performer about whom I’ve written the greatest number of articles on Travalanche. Chaplin is easily the classic comedian, movie comedian, and vaudeville veteran about whom I am the most obsessed. Today we introduce this finding aid to assist in navigating these many posts. Stay tuned, for more posts on this rewarding topic are always in the works!
Overview/ Biographical:
Tramp in Training: Chaplin’s Early Years
Forging the Comedy Film: The Screen Career of Charlie Chaplin
The Formation of United Artists (1919)
Family:
Chaplin’s Half-Brother and Manager Sydney Chaplin
Other Half-Brother: Wheeler Dryden
Chaplin’s Shorts (I’ve written posts about all of Chapin’s shorts, but am only linking here to a few key ones. For posts on the others, just use the search function on the right hand column of this blog and type the title)
Kid Auto Races at Venice (1914)
Charlie Chaplin’s Burlesque on Carmen (1915)
Chaplin’s Mutual Period (1916-17)
Features
Tillie’s Punctured Romance (1914)
The Sea Gull a.k.a. A Woman of the Sea (1926)
A Countess in Hong Kong (1967)
The Freak (unfinished film, post pending)
Leading Ladies, Wives, Significant Others
Joan Barry (pending)
Other Key Colleagues and Collaborators
Chaplin’s Children
Movies About Chaplin
Chaplin (Attenborough 1993 bio-pic)
The Real Charlie Chaplin (2021)
Books About Chaplin
Chaplin, A Life (2008), Stephen M. Weissman
Chaplin: The Tramp’s Odyssey (2009), Simon Louvish
And one bonus link: Chaplin’s World, the official Charlie Chaplin museum at the family’s Switzerland estate — I hope to make a pilgrimage there ere long.
For more on vaudeville history, consult No Applause, Just Throw Money: The Book That Made Vaudeville Famous, for more on silent and slapstick comedy film please check out my book: Chain of Fools: Silent Comedy and Its Legacies from Nickelodeons to Youtube.
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