Charlie Chaplin, Essany Studios Once Called Chicago Home
By Corey McPherrin, FOX Chicago News
Chicago - Chicago was once the epicenter of movie making, and the world's biggest box office star, Charlie Chaplin, called the Uptown neighborhood home.
Charlie Chaplin's Little Tramp character is still recognized all over the world, not just for the derby hat and cane, the big boots and too-tight jacket, but for the humor and humanity Chaplin brought to the screen. To think, Chaplin purchased his now iconic outfit on State Street while working for a Chicago motion picture studio...
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November 11, 2009
Collector finds Zepped, a lost Charlie Chaplin film, on eBay for £3.20; Uptown Chicago Connection
Editor's Note: The Chicago Tribune had an article this morning about a previously unknown Chaplin film, with footage shot at the Essanay Studio in Uptown Chicago. Excerpt with link below:
For nearly a century "Zepped," a 6-minute 1916 film of mysterious pedigree starring Charlie Chaplin, was lost. Now it’s found.
The article below, excerpted from the UK paper The Guardian, has more details:
Collector finds unseen Charlie Chaplin film in tin sold for £3.20 on eBay
Morace Park was footling around on eBay looking for antiques when he stumbled on an item that was listed casually as an "old film" – and even then he was really more interested in the tin it was in.
"It had a lovely look to it," said Park. But the contents of the battered container, which he bought for the princely sum of £3.20, have turned out to be a previously unknown film by Charlie Chaplin...
For entire article, go to The Guardian.
For nearly a century "Zepped," a 6-minute 1916 film of mysterious pedigree starring Charlie Chaplin, was lost. Now it’s found.
Earlier this year, an Essex, England, film collector named Morace Park made a successful eBay bid of £3.20 (or $5.68 American) on a nitrate film canister containing unlabeled footage. The footage turned out to be the obscure Chaplin short, a World War I propaganda effort designed to buck up British morale, combining stop-motion animation and outtakes and unused alternate shots from films Chaplin made for both Keystone and Essanay studios
The hybrid, over which Chaplin apparently exercised no creative control, includes a shot or two from "His New Job," the short film Chaplin made for the Chicago-based Essanay during his 23-day residency here in late 1914 and early 1915...
Complete article can be read on the Tribune site.
The article below, excerpted from the UK paper The Guardian, has more details:
Collector finds unseen Charlie Chaplin film in tin sold for £3.20 on eBay
Morace Park was footling around on eBay looking for antiques when he stumbled on an item that was listed casually as an "old film" – and even then he was really more interested in the tin it was in.
"It had a lovely look to it," said Park. But the contents of the battered container, which he bought for the princely sum of £3.20, have turned out to be a previously unknown film by Charlie Chaplin...
For entire article, go to The Guardian.
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