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Nice and Friendly



In 1922, Charlie Chaplin improvised “Nice and Friendly”, a short sketch with Jackie Coogan, Lord Louis Mountbatten and Lady Edwina Mountbatten.

Charles Chaplin, Jackie Coogan, Edwina and Louis Mountbatten, 1922
Charles Chaplin, Jackie Coogan, Edwina and Louis Mountbatten, 1922

The home movie was Chaplin’s wedding present to the Mountbattens, who were in California for their honeymoon. It was shot at Pickfair, the home of Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks.

Charles Chaplin and Louis Mountbatten, 1922
Charles Chaplin and Louis Mountbatten, 1922

The film was never released in cinemas.

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