My Autobiography
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By the Sea (1 reel)
Work (2 reels)
A Woman (2 reels)
The Bank (2 reels)
Shanghaied (2 reels)
A Night in the Show (2 reels)
1916 Carmen (4 reels)
Police (2 reels)
1918 Triple Trouble (2 reels)
THE MUTUAL FILMS
1916
The Floorwalker (2 reels)
The Fireman (2 reels)
The Vagabond (2 reels)
One a.m. (2 reels)
The Count (2 reels)
The Pawnshop (2 reels)
Behind the Screen (2 reels)
The Rink (2 reels)
1917 Easy Street (2 reels)
The Cure (2 reels)
The Immigrant (2 reels)
The Advenurer (2 reels)
THE FIRST NATIONAL FILMS
1918
A Dog’s Life (3 reels)
The Bond (split reel)
Shoulder Arms (3 reels)
1919
Sunnyside (3 reels)
A Day’s Pleasure (2 reels)
1920
The Kid (6 reels)
The Idle Class (2 reels)
1922
Pay Day (2 reels)
1923
The Pilgrim (4 reels)
UNITED ARTISTS FILMS
(all full-length)
1923
A Woman of Paris
1925
The Gold Rush
1928
The Circus
1931
City Lights
1936
Modern Times
1940
The Great Dictator
1947
Monsieur Verdoux
1953
Limelight
1957
The King in New York
1. Charles Chaplin
2. Charles Chaplin Sr
3. Hannah Chaplin
4. Hannah Chaplin in her house in California
5. Chaplin (circled) at the Hanwell Schools, 1897 (National Film and Television Archive)
6. Sydney Chaplin
7. Chaplin as the Inebriate – one of the roles he played for Karno
8. Chaplin with Alf Reeves
9. On the ship to the USA
10. Keystone – with Mabel Normand in Mabel at the Wheel
11. Chaplin Studios – on the building site in 1917
12. United Artists – Douglas Fairbanks, Chaplin, D. W. Griffith and Mary Pickford
13. Washington – Liberty Bond Tour, 1918 (AKG)
14. Mildred Harris
15. Chaplin c. 1918
16. Visiting London, 1921
17. With Lord and Lady Mountbatten, 1921
18. With Jackie Coogan in The Kid, 1921
19. Jackie Coogan visiting Chaplin on the set of Modern Times, 1935
20. Clare Sheridan working on her bust of Chaplin
21. Chaplin with Anna Pavlova
22. Edna Purviance (centre) in A Woman of Paris, 1923
23. City Lights with Virginia Cherrill, 1931
24. Winston Churchill with Chaplin on the set of City Lights, 1929
25. Chaplin with Professor and Mrs Einstein at the premiere of City Lights
26. Chaplin with Arnold Schoenberg
27. Modern Times, 1936
28. Chaplin with Paulette Goddard in Modern Times
29. The Great Dictator, 1940
30. Chaplin with Oona, Geraldine and Michael
31. Chaplin with his sons Charles and Sydney on the set of Monsieur Verdoux, 1947
32. With Claire Bloom in Limelight, 1952
33. With Dawn Addams in A King in New York, 1957
34. With Oona in Switzerland
35. With Michael, Josephine and Eugene
Index
Abrams, Hiram, of United Artists,
300
Agee, Jim, 442, 448, 454
Aldershot: ‘a week of terror to
performers’, 18
Alexandra, Queen, 90
Alexandria Hotel and Bar (Los Angeles), 144, 147, 155, 183–4,
195, 206
Alexandrov, Grigor, 319
Amarillo (Texas), C.’s reception at 175–6
American Legion and Monsieur Verdoux, 445
Anderson, Andy, 376
Anderson, G. M. (Bronco Billy),
160–72 passim
Aragon, Louis, 464
Arbuckle, Roscoe (‘Fatty’), 143, 146, 155230–31, 270
Arthur, George K., 270
Astor, Lord. 331
Athletic Club (Los Angeles), C.’s quarters in, 158, 218, 224, 226, 234
Aubrey (C.’s cousin), 264, 279
Auriol, President Vincent, 461
Bali, C. in (‘a paradise’), 363–6
ballet, C. and, 191–3; in Limelight,
447
Balsan, Consuelo Vanderbilt, 350
Barrie, Sir James, 268–9
Barry, Joan, 407 ff.
Barrymore, John, 258
Barton, Ralph (of the New Yorker), 329, 330, 333, 337–41
Beach, Rex, 200
beauty, C.’s concept of, 351–2, 448
Beaverbrook, Lord, 334
Beck, Martin, 121
Beddington-Behrens, Sir Edward, 467
Bell, Charlie (comedian), 92
Berlin, Irving, 324
Bernard, Sam, 256–7
Bernhardt, Sarah, 194
Bernstein, Sydney, 467
Bernstorff, Count, and W. R. Hearst, 315
‘Bert Coutts’ Yankee-Doodle Girls’, 103 ff.
Beverly Hills, C.’s first impression of, 198
big-game fishing, C. and, 247–8
Biograph Company, 129
biographies, C. on, 351
Birth of a Nation, The, 173
birthplace, C.’s, 13
Black Dragon Society (Japan) and plot to kill C, 366–70
Blackburn, C. in, 358
Blackmore’s Theatrical Agency, 77–8
Bloom, Claire, 448
Bodie, ‘Dr’ Walford, 91, 94
Boicette troupe (knockabout comedians), 92
Boissevain, Jan (Dutch industrialist),
246
Booth, Edwin (Amer, actor), 258
Boothby, Robert (later Lord Boothby), 334
Bouicicault, Dion, 90–91
Boyle Heights (Los Angeles), Essanay studio at, 170 ff.
Bracken, Brendan, 334
Brady, ‘Diamond’ Jim, 155–6
Brecht, Bertolt, 428
Breen office and Monsieur Verdoux, 429 ff.
Briand, Aristide, 352
Brice, Fanny, 257, 318
Bridges, Harry (of the Longshoremen’s union), 392–3
Brisbane, Arthur, 307, 386
Broadway Melody, The, 321
Bronco Billy: see Anderson,
G. M. Bulganin, C.’s meeting with, 467–9
Burke, Thomas (Eng. writer), ‘at my best with’, 279
burlesque shows (U.S.A.), 126
Burnier, Madame Eileen, C.’s secretary, 465
Bushman, Francis X., 165
Butte (Montana): ‘a Nick Carter town’, 127, 134
Cadman, Charles, 225
Caine, Hall, 91
California, C.’s first impressions of, 128
reasons for film-makers’ choice,
157
Campbell, Mrs Pat, 257
Canada, C. in, 119, 128
Canterbury Music Hall (London),
C’s father performs at, 15
C. plays at, 103
Capote, Truman, 473
Carmen, C. burlesques De Mille’s
film of, 173–4
Carnegie Hall, C.’s ‘second Front’
speech at, 404–7
Carpentier, Georges, 273
Carter, Mrs Leslie (Amer, actress),
257
Caruso, Enrico, C. and, 181–3
Casey’s Circus, C’s impersonations
in, 94
Catalina, C. at, 247–8, 313, 376
Catholicism, C’s early leanings towards,
44
Catholics’ antagonism to C. in U.S.A., 441–2, 445
Caught in the Rain(C’s first film as director), 152
Caulfield, of the Mutual Film Corporation, 187–8
celebrity, ‘something bogus about it?’, 177
C’s lessons from, 267
‘it could give me no more’, 279
censorship: see Breen office
Chaliapin, Fyodor, 357
Chaplin, Albert (C.’s uncle), 59
Chaplin, Charles (C.’s father),
C’s early memories of, 15–16, 20
and Louise, 33–40passim; C.
sees for last time, 58 ; death and
funeral of, 59–60
Chaplin, Charles, Junr (C.’s son),
283
Chaplin, Mrs (C’s mother), 14 ff.
passim; stage career, 17–20
struggle with poverty and ill-
health, 23 ff.; admitted to mental institution; 33, 69, 74–5, 81, 88,
132; goes to California, 249,
281–2; death, 283–4
Chaplin, Spencer (C’s uncle), 39
Chaplin, Sydney (C’s brother), 10,
13, 16, 23, 26–40, 51, 54, 67, 73,
74, 81, 82, 85–8, 92, 98, 99, 100–
102; joins Keystone Co., 157,
159; takes over C’s business
affairs, 172 ff.; on mergers, 220
with C. in Japan, 362 ff.; success
and retirement, 348
Chaplin, Sydney (C.’s son), 283
Chaplinesque (Hart Crane’s poem), 246
Charcoate (vaudeville hypnotist),
97–8
Chartwell (home of Sir Winston
Churchill), 333–5
chase, the (in comedy films),
‘I hated it’, 143; Lehrman’s
addiction to, 148
Chekhov, Anton, and emotion in the theatre, 252
Cherrill, Virginia, 323
Chicago,
C’s first impressions of, 125–7;
Essanay studio at, 161, 164
crowds greet C. at, 177
children, C’s, 235, 284, 448
children as actors, C. on, 232
Chou En-Iai, C. and, 471–2
Churchill, Randolph, 333
Chirchill, Sir Winston, 332–5, 337,
469–70
City Lights, 208, 209, 322–9, 337,
373
Clarissa(Wm. Gillette’s play), 89
91
Clark, Bert, 225
Clark, William A. (railroad magnate), 185–6
class distinctions, C.’s views on, 133
clergy, C’s opinion of the, 339
clog-dancing, as C’s first stage
work, 42–4
close-up (film technique), C. on the, 152
Coal Hole, the (public house, London), 82
Cochet, Henri, 344, 356
Cocteau, Jean (‘we had a glut of each other’), 380–82
Cohan Theatre (New York), 326–7
Conn, Harry (of Columbia Pictures), 183
coincidences, C. on, 343–4
Collier, Constance, 194–7, 217, 420passim,
217, 420
Collins, Josie, 180
Collins, Canon Lewis, 339
coloured photography, C’s ‘abhorrence
of, 278
comedy, distinction from humour, 210
comedy ‘business’, importance of an ‘attitude’ in, 146
Committee on Un-American Activities, 439, 458
Connelly, Marc, 251
Connolly, Cyril, 428
Coogan, Jackie, 230–33; ‘sensational’
in The Kid, 249; his earnings,
250
Cooper, Miriam, 156
Copeau, Jacques, 276
costume of C’s ‘tramp’ character,
origin of idea for, 145; ‘it imbued
me with the character’, 147
Coward, Noël, 473
Cowl, Jane, 257
Coyne, Frank (comedian), 47
Crane, Hart, 244, 245–6
Craney-Gatts, Mrs (Amer, millionairess), 186
creativeness,
C’s belief in his, 149; ‘made films
exciting’, 154
Cripps, Sir Stafford, 388
Crocker, Harry, 284, 312, 315, 415–16, 452, 464
Crowninshield, Frank, 243
Cunningham Reid, W., 359
Cure, The, Nijinsky watches shooting of,1 91–2
Curtiss, Glenn, 186
dancing lessons, C. gives,10, 66
Dando, Arthur (of Karno’s troupe), 139–40
Dandy Thieves, The(Karno sketch), 122
Davenport, Dorothy, 154
Davies, Marion, 303; and W. R.
Hearst, 303 ff., 319
‘Death Valley Scottie’, 185–6
Debussy, Claude-Achille, 113
De Mille, Cecil B., 173, 218
Depression, the (1930s)
C. and, 324, 371; the U.S.A. in,
373
Dexter, Elliott, 226
Diaghilev, Sergei, 192
Dillon Read & Co., 292
Dog’s Life, A, 208, 213, 218
Dolly Sisters, the (‘sensationally beautiful’), 155
Dolores, 243
Doro, Marie (‘Oh God, she was
beautiful’), 88–91, 217–18, 280
Dough and Dynamite, C directs for
Keystone, 157
Douglass, Major H., C’s interest in his Social Credit scheme, 324, 350
Doyle, Jack (boxer), 186
Dreiser, Theodore, 429
Dressler, Marie, 157, 214
Drew, John, 174, 256
Dukas, Helene (Einstein’s secretary), 316
Duke of York’s Theatre (London), C. plays at, 89–91, 217
Dunville, T. E., 46
Durant, Tim, 382, 407, 410, 414
Durant, Will, 448
Duse, Eleonora (‘greatest actress I have ever seen’), 194, 255
Early Birds (Karno sketch), 73, 92
Eastman, Crystal, 280
Eastman, Max, 209, 244, 280
Edendale, Los Angeles, Keystone Co.’s studios at, 141–2 education,
C’s impressions and early experiences
of, 40–41; ‘I wanted to
educate myself, 123; see also
schools
Edward, Prince of Wales,
and W. R. Hearst, 315; C. stays
with: ‘a charming host’, 356–8
Eglevsky, André, 447
Eight Lancashire Lads (clog-dancing troupe), C. joins the, 42–5
Einstein, Albert, 316–19; weeps at
City Lights, 327; see also Relativity
Einstein, Mrs Albert, 316–19
Eisenstein, Sergei, 250, 319–20
Eisler, Hanns, 391–2, 428, 439, 442
Elliott, Maxine, 174, 188
Ellsworth, Elmer, 144, 153
Elstree: ‘Where’s that?’, 330
Emerson, John (Herbert Tree’s film director), 195
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, C. discovers writings of, 134
empathy in acting, C. on, 255
Emperor Jones (Eugene O’Neill),
245
Empress Theatre, Los Angeles,
Karno sketch ‘a howling success
at’, 139
Ervine, St John, 278
Essanay Company, C. and, 160–74;
for list of C’s films see p.478
Eton, C’s impressions of, 346–8 exhibitors (’ rugged merchants’), 219
Exmouth(training ship), C’s brother
in, 31–2
Fadiman, Clifton (of Columbia Broadcasting System), 411
Fairbanks, Douglas, Snr, 195, 197 200; and Mary Pickford, 198,
199, 288–90, 372; and’Liberty
Bonds, 213–17 passi
m; and
Shoulder Arms, 219; and film
companies’ mergers, 221; and
United Artists, 221–3; with C. at
St Moritz, 360–61 ; C’s last meeting
with, 388–9
Fairbanks, Douglas, Junr, 389, 448,
467
faith, C. on, 287
family origins, C’s, 16, 108
fanmail becomes ‘a problem’, 172
Farrar, Geraldine, 181
Fealy, Maude, 184–5
Fauchtwanger, Lion, 384, 425, 428,
440
Fields family (C’s London neighbours),
94–6
Fifth Avenue Theatre (New York), The Wow-wows a success at, 124 film-cutting, C. on, 149 film-directing, C. and, 152, 205–6,
251
film-making, C. on, 250 ff
film plots, basis of C.’s comedy in,
210
First National Films, 203 ; disagreement
over The Kid, 237; ‘came to
me-theirhats in their hands’,
241 ; ‘I wanted to be rid of them’,
291, 91 ; for list of films see p.479
first stage and film appearances,
C’s18, 148
First World War, 158, 209; U.S.A.
and, 212, 223–4
Fiske, Mrs (Amer, actress), 257
Flower, Sir Archibald, 358
flower-selling, C. tries (as a boy), 60
Folies Bergère, C. plays at the,
108 ff.
Football Match, The(Karno sketch)
C. plays opposite Harry Weldon in, 98–101 ; gets Weldon’s part
in, 114
Ford, Miss Rachel (C’s business