Entertainment & Arts
The 100th anniversary of the birth of Charles Chaplin on April 16 is bringing forth a variety of tributes.
March 30, 1989
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Sept. 20, 2010
Movies
Charlie Chaplin’s best- known props--a bowler hat, cane and big shoes--will be offered at auction next month in London.
Nov. 5, 1987
I enjoyed Jack Mathews’ article on Steve Martin (“His Nose for Comedy Puts Him on the Hit List,” June 30), but he was erroneous in stating that Charles Chaplin had never been nominated for an Academy Award.
July 18, 1987
Hollywood Heritage and the Silent Society join forces Sunday at 6 p.m. to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Charles Chaplin with a screening of the rarely seen, 12-minute “How to Make a Movie” (1918) and a final public showing of “The Kid” (1921), which along with the other Chaplin classics will be out of theatrical release for the next seven years.
April 15, 1989
Television
If Charlie Chaplin’s comedy ever seemed a touch too self-consciously poignant to you, curl up with your children in front of “Young Charlie Chaplin,” a three-part, British-made dramatization of his life before the age of 15, which begins tonight on “Wonderworks” (7 p.m. on Channels 28 and 50, 8 p.m. on Channel 15).
Feb. 11, 1989
Having Richard Attenborough, the creator of “Gandhi” and the patron saint of grandiose, reverential moviemaking, direct a film biography of Charlie Chaplin seems as unlikely a scenario as if the silent movie clown had gotten the notion of grabbing a sheet and playing the Indian leader himself.
Dec. 25, 1992
Archives
Start Dates: Carolco Pictures will start production Oct. 14 on a new movie about silent film star Charles Chaplin.
Aug. 20, 1991
Aug. 16, 1991
California
Aug. 27, 1932: In a legal battle with his former wife, actor Charlie Chaplin testified in Los Angeles County Superior Court why he didn’t want his two boys, Charles Spencer Jr., 7, and Sydney Earl, 6, to enter the film business.
Aug. 27, 2006