Janus Films who has the exclusive theatrical rights in the U.S for Charlie Chaplin Films, has recentely released a beautiful Chaplin website. Keep an eye on it since it has all the screening dates as they’re touring around the country’s theaters with the restored material of Chaplin’s most celebrated work.
The 22nd of July Carl Davis is conducting the Brooklyn Philharmonic in live performances of his original scores to “Easy Street”, “1:00 AM”, and “Behind the Screen”, three of Charlie Chaplin’s classics from the “Mutual Film Corporation”.
Down the memory lane : in 1975, 2 years before his death, Charlie Chaplin goes to London to receive his knighthood from the Queen. The Guardian’s moving article, Chaplin in Limelight, describes how this old and diminished man gathers up his energy to receive his ultimate honor with his beloved wife Oona, still thinking about his next film…