Advertisement for reissues of Charlie Chaplin’s Mutual short films, 1919. Originally released 1916/1917.
Advertising 1919/1920 reissues of Charlie Chaplin’s Mutual short films from 1916/1917.
1919 – Clark-Cornelius reissues of Charlie Chaplin’s Mutual short films, originally released in 1916/1917.
Charlie Chaplin’s Chubs Series
Charlie Chaplin felt it was funnier for him to be paired
with big men because he was small. When he had creative control, he always had
one or more big men to be the foil for his little Tramp.
Mack Swain
Mack was a vaudevillian signed by Keystone Films about the
same time as Charlie. Mack was hired to be the ‘heavy’ in the Keystone films.
He appeared with Chaplin in 15 comedies in 1914 with Keystone. Mack would’ve
been more to Charlie’s liking than Fatty Arbuckle, big and tough, a perfect
foil for his ‘little Tramp’ character. Swain’s ‘character’ had the dark makeup
around the eyes and big butterfly moustache and his thinning hair pulled to a
point in the middle of his forehead. Chaplin used him again 4 more times in the
20s with another studio.)
An advertisement for Charlie Chaplin’s film “Shoulder Arms’, 1918. Interesting it depicts a scene not included in final release.
Rares photos de Charlie Chaplin 1914 – Keystone film company
Source: Musée de L’Elysée – Lauanne
“Caught in the Cabaret” co-starring Mabel Normand
“Mabel at the Wheel” co-starring Mabel Normand
“Mabel’s Married Life” co-starring Mabel Normand
“Laughing Gas”
“A Film Johnnie”
Charlie Chaplin’ Evolution Part 1 – Keystone
*Can you guess from which films are these pics?
Making a Living, Mabel’s Strange Predicament, Kid’s Auto Race, Between Showers,
A Film Johnnie, Mabel at the Wheel, Caught in a Cabaret, A Busy Day,
Laughing Gas?, A Face on the Barroom Floor, The Masquerader, The New Janitor,
Dough and Dynamite, Gentleman of Nerve, Tillie’s Punctured Romance & last His Prehistoric Past
Charlie Chaplin & Mack Swain in his Keystone film
“HIS TRYSTING PLACE” November 1914
In 10 years time they would be working together again on Charlie’s Masterpiece “THE GOLD RUSH”, Mack playing the role of “Big Jim”.
Mack Swain was in quite a few of Charlie’s Keystone films done during 1914 as well as in his own Keystones as the character named Ambrose but thanks to “The Gold Rush” Mack Swain will forever be remembered as “Big Jim”.
Poster depicting a scene in Keystone film “Mabel’s Married Life” (1914).
Mabel Normand, Mack Swain and Charlie Chaplin. One of my favorite Keystone films.
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