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Older Gothic furniture pieces are best buys

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 08:13:16 GMT

A chair can be simple, with plain lines, or it can be a conversation piece, with exuberant carvings and colorful upholstery.
Source: Columbus Dispatch

Older Gothic pieces best buys

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 06:34:57 GMT

This large 1892 chair made for the Columbian Exposition in Chicago is labeled “Anti. Brothers, Vincenza, Italy.” It has prominent rockers and is decorated with lions, female figures and even an American Indian’s head.
Source: Lawrence Journal World

Moustache a 'personal matter' for corporate honchos

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 22:54:09 GMT

His ‘toothbrush’ moustache was his signature statement. For legendary comedian Charlie Chaplin, the moustache said it all. “I added a small moustache, which I reasoned, would add age without hiding my expression,” he said in his autobiography.
Source: Economic Times

Jan Leighton: actor

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:20:26 GMT

Jan Leighton was “the man of 3,000 faces” who entered Guinness World Records as the actor who played the most roles — 3,372 by the time of his death.
Source: Times Online

Tribeca Film: Free Flick Fridays: Chaplin

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:34:54 GMT

For years, Robert Downey, Jr. has taken impossible roles and made them sing. In Sir Richard Attenborough's Chaplin, he gives a vivid portrait of film legend Charlie Chaplin.
Source: Huffington Post

Revealed: The dark secrets about Charlie Chaplin's mother that fired his genius

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 07:51:23 GMT

Ill-fated: The tragic decline of Hannah Chaplin haunted the star all his life Notorious for his under-age mistresses and pilloried for his Leftwing views, Charlie Chaplin will forever be remembered for his tear-jerking performances as the vulnerable...
Source: Daily Mail - UK

Played right, silent films are golden

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 05:59:15 GMT

Opening Friday and running through Dec. 30 at the Gene Siskel Film Center, the retrospective "Silent Giants" showcases the exquisitely contrasting genius of Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin and Harold Lloyd, the silent film era's pinnacles of laughter.
Source: Chicago Tribune

Famous Show Business Fathers and Sons

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:58:44 GMT

There have been many famous father and son actors throughout American show business history. The traditions go back at least a century. One of the earliest was Charlie Chaplin and his son, Sydney.
Source: Associated Content

Quoted in 'California screaming'

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:53:41 GMT

said in Globe and Mail:

This is what I say. I, Charlie Chaplin, declare that Hollywood is dying. It is no longer concerned with film-making, which is supposed to be an art, but solely with turning out miles of celluloid.

Photo from Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 03:14:35 GMT

A Charlie Chaplin wax figure is seen at Madame Tussauds in Hollywood, California, on August 27, 2009. Marie Tussaud, born Anna Maria Grosholtz (1761�1850) was born in Strasbourg, France. Tussaud created her first wax figure, of Voltaire, in 1777.

Photo from Getty Images

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:36:00 GMT

STRASBOURG, FRANCE - APRIL 01: French police walk past a Charles Chaplin impersonator in front of the cathedral on April 1, 2009 in Strasbourg, France.

Charlie Chaplin- Table Ballet

Mon, 20 Feb 2006 05:20:33 GMT