Charlie Chaplin Fans Discussions - Comedy Classics

Chuckles drawings

2009-11-03T07:35:23.857Z

Well hi there....
*waves shyly*
RiSi forced me to join; by asking *coughs*
and as newbies bring treats....

but first of all let me propperly say "hulloh"
i'm alley and i'm a semi professional painter. means i sometimes do earn some money with drawing and painting and weird stuff like that.

RiSi said it would be a nice idea to show a bit of my work here, cause, to be honest, everytime i get bored i draw charles....
so without further ado i'll just post one of my drawings here, if you want i can start adding the other stuff :)

What's with the glove?

2009-11-06T02:39:19.975Z

I bought this really cute caricature print of Charlie on ebay a while back - attached - you may have seen it.) I love caricatures and this one is so cute, even though the artist got the eye color wrong! But anyway, he's wearing a white glove, just one and I think I saw that on one or two other drawings, but I am not sure.

Anyway, what's with the white glove? Does anyone know? I have looked for gloves in his films and so far I have seen the Tramp wearing black or dark colored leather or kid gloves in City Lights and the Kid. In both movies, his gloves are badly damaged and he even throws them away early in the Kid. I haven't seen him wear gloves in any other films, unless I missed it...but white???

Now, I'm not including any films where Charlie played characters other than the tramp...I'm pretty sure he wore gloves in Monsieur Verdoux and the Great Dictator, but I haven't seen it on the tramp.

Does anyone know anything about the white glove?

If you haven't seen this drawing, hope you enjoy it...it's very cute!

Questions about Chaplin Music

2009-11-06T03:08:56.977Z

I want to buy some CD's with Charlie's music from the films - I have gone to Edna Purviance . com and they have a terrific list of the cd's aailable, but I am left in total confusion. I know some of them aren't available any more or cost an outrageous amount of money because they are collector items...

Just thought I would come to you experts and see which ones you like...I copied the songs he sings in his films onto cd's and also have copied Matt Munroe singing "Bound for Texas" (I LOVE that song) and have copies of "Smile" by other artists and "This is my song" by Petula Clark in English and French.

However, I am looking for some of the longer orchestral pieces on CD. I don't know what's good and am looking for some advice!

By the way, I LOVE this group...you are all terrific!

Chaplin in your life, a philosophical approach

2009-11-06T09:26:15.995Z

Hey there,
i thought, this might be an interesting idea.

Does your "hobby" affect your life? Or better, does this man affect it?

i thought i'd share a litte out of my own "pandoras box"

I'm rather recipient when it comes to Films and music. even books have a great impact on me.
This is really a good thing, cause i can sort of steer my emotions by remote control. when i'm down i watch certain films or listen to special songs and it's an instant feel good.
I use that regularly. when i'm angry i listen to rameaus gavotte with 10 variations and all is gone (ok the repeat button gets stressed a little.

On the other hand, sometimes only the mention of a song title makes my eyes water....

Chaplin and his films play an important part in my life.
and 99% of my friends know that.
and i thought i'd share a little story with you, which happend this year in august :)
i hope you enjoy it :)

It was my 30s birthday this year in august and i had invited several friends (and comrades *snigger) to a bottle party.
My job at that time didn't get me enough money to have a propper party so i figured, let the mbring their own food and not bother with presents.
A few years back someone had started the rumor that i collect elk plushies, so i could very well go without presents :D

Well seems i underestimated my friends.
A few days before my birthday i found a chaplin DVD in my mailbox, sent by a friend who couldn't come to the party. even tho i already had the films i was rather moved.

The day of the party came and 20 something people gathered in my garden. and it was weird. some of my friends drove 500 kilometers just to be there. i was so moved by the gesture.
I really don't care much for presents, i care much more for the people and the good time. so when the first presents hit the table i was flabbergasted.
one of the first i opened was a card from 3 work colleagues. designers aswell.

i was deeply moved.
The party proceeded and we had lots of fun.
Then suddently a friend of mine disappeared. she had been anxious for some time, barely touching her food and been rather monosyllabic.
quite an odd behaviour i thought but honestly had no time to care cause there were other people also demanding my attention.
i was in the midth of talking to someone when i noticed something at the other end of the garden.
three people approached the party. i squinted a little and noticed it was my friend and two people i didn't know. But they were carrying instruments.
my friend is a piano player and has a Kletzmer trio on the side. it hit me immediately, they were the trio. i saw an accordeon a clarinet, and my friend with her violin...
they announced that they'd be playing for the guests and started with one of my all time favourite kletzmer pieces; lulaby for kamilla.
they pushed a button and my mind switched of. i was caught up in the music and watching the people arround me also enjoying it.
they played for a while paused, played again... it was great. then after quite a while, the sun had already set and we had lit some torches. my friend quieted the guests, something was going on.
she announced the last song for the evening, and shyly told the captive audience that they had learned this song just for me.
i had a lump in my throat and when the music started i broke in tears.
They played limelight.
i tried to record it with my camera but i was too far gone.
within seconds the garden was lit by sparklers, every guest had one.

and was swaying to the music.
my mental habilities were just enough to pull out my cell phone and call RiSi.
i had done that before earlyer that evening and she had acknowledged the music with a Maseltov. i honestly don't remember what she said about limelight.
RiSi?

after they finished i was done for the day. someone asked me what song that was and i actually said "Smile" i mixed them up!!! that far gone was i.
(actually last week the accordeon woman remembered the incident when we were on a party to gether. she couldn't stop laughing)

i honestly barely remember what else went on that day. and i didn't drink that much!
well okay after the set was over the piano player friend opened the tequila sunrise bar but that was afterwards.
And i won't go into detail about the hangover the day after.....

But now everytime i hear that song, i not only have scenes of the film in my head, but also see my guests listening to these marvelous kletzmorim.

A few weeks later the accordeon lady and my piano friend came over to actually watch limelight. they had never seen it before. but still they played the song with so much depth and emotion. it transported so much. i still get goosebumps thinking of it.

when we watched the movie they both were crying in the end.

Another great Chaplin impersonation

2009-11-06T14:47:14.014Z

Since this also has a Groucho imersonation as well, I'll crosspost over at the Marx Brothers group.

So, I was doing some searching on a new site called Backtype and found this blog post with a great Chaplin costume and, imho, better Groucho. Nice graphic header too ;)

Unseen Chaplin Footage Sold On Ebay

2009-11-06T14:47:39.015Z

Why can't I find stuff like this on Ebay??

http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2009/nov/05/charlie-chaplin-ebay-reel-tin

"Lip-Stick" by missed members HTTK and Prof. Bosco

2009-11-06T23:01:27.040Z

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tDTSvGTkXg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjkV-aV3I_s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzhLVJmKH9g&feature=related

The first toe links are parts 1 & 2 of the video done by longtime (before me) forum members HTTK and Prof. Bosco. Part 2 is more entertaining, I think, and you see more of the Prof.' expressions as Charlie. The 3rd link is to a short video of the Prof. as the Tramp with a Keystone cop (HTTK was not involved in this one.).

Books

2009-11-11T13:41:07.229Z

hey there.
i thought i'd reward myself and found this on amazon
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0571237681/ref=sib_rdr_dp
has anyonre read it / can recomment it?

i've just finished the epstein and was deeply touched. so i figured another chaplin book could do no harm :D
so any insights?

Help record Charlie Chaplin History! Chaplin Timeline.

2009-11-11T20:03:30.234Z

Hey everyone,

I came across an awesome website that lets you view and record the history of anything and everything. I saw this Charlie Chaplin timeline... you can essentially watch any Chaplin film on the timeline, check out pictures and descriptions of his life, and even contribute to the recording of history!

http://timelines.com/topics/charlie-chaplin

Enjoy!

-Vinnyme

Chaplin Websites

2009-11-13T21:50:10.309Z

Hi everyone,
I just thought I would compile a list of Chaplin websites. Please feel free to add!

http://charliechaplin.com/ official website

http://chaplin.bfi.org.uk/ BFI website

http://www.thelittlefellow.org/index.html Chaplin scholar Lisa Stein's website

http://www.chaplinalife.com/ Stephen Weissman's site (author of "Chaplin: A Life") features photo essays

http://www.chaplin.pl/ Life & Art of CC --lots of pics and video

http://www.oldmagazinearticles.com/articles.php?cid=58&get=3 Chaplin magazine articles you can download

Photos:
For most of these sites you can just type Charlie's name in the search box:

http://photo.charliechaplin.com/ CC picture database

http://www.geh.org/ar/celeb/htmlsrc2/chaplin_sum00001.html George Eastman House collection

http://www.gettyimages.com/ Photos and video clips

http://www.corbisimages.com

http://www.corbismotion.com/ video clips

http://www1.dailynewspix.com/sales/home.php Photo archive of New York Daily News

http://photos.lapl.org/carlweb/jsp/photosearch_pageADV.jsp Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection

http://www.apimages.com/ AP Images

http://www.mptvimages.com/ lots of good stuff here, but the photos have watermarks

http://www.photo12.com/UI/Home.aspx nice pics, but will have watermarks

http://www.contrasto.it some nice color photos of Charlie from the early 60s onward

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html Library of Congress

http://www.itnsource.com/ newsreel footage

I know there's more, but that's enough for now. I hope this is helpful.