Ten days after the death of his firstborn infant son, 30-year-old Charlie Chaplin began interviewing child actors for this previously unplanned film in which his Little Tramp finds, adopts and raises an abandoned infant who grows to be a miniature version of himself. The child actor is Jackie Coogan.

Charlie & Jackie in the film THE [...]

OR….WHERE’S CHARLIE?

For a photo-essay on THE CIRCUS see essay #33 on this website (see list on the left side of this web page).

Ten days after the death of his firstborn infant son, 30-year-old Charlie Chaplin began interviewing child actors for this previously unplanned film in which his Little Tramp finds, adopts and raises an abandoned infant who grows to be a miniature version of himself. The child actor is Jackie Coogan.

Charlie & Jackie in the film THE [...]

THIS TWO-REEL MASTERPIECE WAS CHAPLIN’S COMIC VALENTINE TO THE AMERICAN DREAM. IT AFFECTIONATELY PORTRAYED THE TRIALS & TRIBULATIONS OF NEWCOMERS TO THE PROMISED LAND FILMED AT A PERIOD IN AMERICAN HISTORY WHEN FULLY ONE-THIRD OF ALL PEOPLE IN AMERICA WERE EITHER FOREIGN-BORN OR HAD AT LEAST ONE FOREIGN BORN PARENT.
FOR DOCUMENTARY FOOTAGE OF THE ACTUAL [...]