Charlie Chaplin Rare Footage, Jackie Coogan 'The Kid,' Winston Churchill; Chaplin Films Return to Cinemas
- Charlie Chaplin with Jackie Coogan, child star of 'The Kid' (1921), and Winston Churchill, c. 1920s. Churchill was on a U.S. tour then and was half American through his mother, Jennie Jerome, Lady Randolph Churchill.
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- The Kid, 1921 American silent comedy-drama film written, produced, directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin, & features Jackie Coogan as his foundling baby, adopted son and sidekick. This was Chaplin's first full-length film as a director. It was a huge success & was the 2nd-highest-grossing film in 1921. Now considered one of the greatest films of the silent era
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kid_(1921_film)
- Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin (16 April 1889 – 25 Dec. 1977) English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film. He became a worldwide icon through his screen persona, the Tramp, and is considered one of the film industry's most important figures. His career spanned more than 75 years...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Chaplin
- 'Charlie Chaplin Films Returning to Cinemas,' The Guardian, 2021. Re-released across two seasons for Australian and New Zealand audiences, Chaplin’s elegant crowdpleasers will rescue you from chaotic times...
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/jul/15/charlie-chaplin-films-are-returning-to-cinemas-the-perfect-tonic-for-today
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I was watching an old pre code featuring Trent Dunkin’ Hells House about a boys reform jail. Also featured a very young Bette Davis.
In May 1935, 20-year-old Coogan was the sole survivor of a car crash on the winding San Diego-Imperial Valley Highway, in eastern San Diego County that killed his father, his 19-year-old best friend, actor Trent ("Junior"
Durkin,[7] their ranch foreman Charles Jones, and actor and writer Robert J. Horner. The party was returning from a day of dove hunting just over the Mexican border. With Coogan's father at the wheel, the car was forced off the mountain highway near Pine Valley by an oncoming vehicle and rolled down an embankment.[8][9][10] Durkin had been a costar of Coogan's in the Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn films. Jackie, who had been thrown from the rumble seat, suffered two broken ribs and bruises.
