today the three books i won on ebay about a week ago finally showed up on my doorstep. my dear fellow chaplinistas and chaplinists, do buy second-hand books about chuckles on ebay. the auctioneers clearly have no idea about the actual worth of some of their articles. especially when they date back to the 1920s and include first issues and such!!!

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the official website got a make over. now you can find a ton of video clips, photos and background info there:

http://www.charliechaplin.com/

enjoy!

walked by the hotel adlon again. and felt terribly good about it.

I am curious about this somewhat recent book called "Sunnyside" written by Glen David Gold - was wondering if anyone on this community knew more about it and/or have read it?

thanks!!

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http://www.yooouuutuuube.com/v/?rows=24&cols=18&id=IyymymDfwUk&startZoom=1

and press the F11-button!

EDIT: wonderous discovery! if you watch this corss-eyed, it's almost like a 3D-film because the horizontally aligned frames differ by a few ( Read more... )

as mentioned in the other thread....

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for everyone who still doesn't own them, amazon UK is having a sale for the restored mutual films from the BFI.

click.

happy birthday, chuckles!

If you get TCM, make sure you don't miss these ;)

April 16th
Tillie's Punctured Romance - 6:00 AM,
A Dog's Life - 7:15 AM
A Day's Pleasure - 8:00 AM
The Kid - 8:30 AM
Pay Day - 9:30
A Woman of Paris - 10:00 AM
The Gold Rush - 11:30 AM
Modern Times - 12:45 PM
The Great Dictator - 2:15 PM
A King in New York - 4:15 PM
The Chaplin Revue - 6:00 PM

April 19th/20th
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