Charles Spencer Chaplin — Blue Book of the Screen (1923) 🇺🇸

Less need be said of Charles Chaplin than any other screen luminary because he has attracted the public’s notice from his first appearances on the screen in the old Keystone company.

“Charlie” was born in Paris in 1889. At a very tender age he started his career in London theatres, playing in Rags and Riches, Billy and Sherlock Holmes.

Then he came to America in a vaudeville skit, A Night in a London Music Hall. When this company reached Los Angeles, Chaplin was attracted to the screen. Then he started work with the Keystone Company, at that time headed by Mack Sennett. Chaplin worked in many comedies with Mabel Normand, but later drifted into stardom and the hearts of the public without any effort. His most recent films, ranking with the classics of the screen, are: “A Dog’s Life,” Shoulder Arms, “Sunnyside,” and his masterpiece, The Kid.

His latest is “The Pilgrim.”

Chaplin is five feet four, weighing 125 pounds, and has brown hair and blue eyes.

He is now producing for United Artists, of which he is a member. He will direct features and produce comedies of his own.

His home is in Beverly Hills.

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Around the circle with Charlie.

• (Left) On the grounds of his home.
• (At right) In his home.
• (Above right) On the set in the studio.
• (Above left) Behind the camera directing.

Portrait by Straus Peyton • Los Angeles

Collection: The Blue Book of the Screen (1923)