Screening of “Mr Verdoux” in New York March the 7th at the Anthology Film Archives.

If you don’t live in New York at least have a look at this very pleasant article of NYUNews

Visit the Chaplin section of the London Film Museum !

In the same part of London where Charlie grew up, you can learn about the early music hall stars who influenced Chaplin’s work, and watch fantastic Pathé footage of some of them synched with recordings of their songs. See Charlie’s childhood homes and schools, and details of his early UK stage career.

Devised by Leslie Hardcastle, creator of the prizewinning Museum of the Moving Image (1989-1998), in collaboration with David Robinson, Chaplin’s biographer, the exhibition tells Chaplin’s story in six main sections, evoking consecutive phases of his dramatic rise from rags to riches.

The London Film Museum, based in County Hall, has been growing rapidly ever since it opened in 2008. This new exhibition marks a major investment by the museum to produce a spectacular tribute to a great Londoner who they say “remains the single most outstanding figure in all film history. “

The Charlie Chaplin – The Great Londoner exhibition will be a permanent feature and entry is included in the admission price of the London Film Museum.

County Hall, Riverside Building London London SE1 7PB

January 2010 CNN report on the BFI/Cineteca di Bologna/Lobster Film Keystone restorations, and Timothy Brock on restoring Chaplin’s scores

Grand Rapids Ballet Company to do a Chaplin inspired ballet, the revival of Gordon Peirce Schmidt’s “Flickers,” a one-act ballet the GRBC artistic director created in 2003 for the company’s Dancers’ Theatre Series.

When: 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and Feb. 5-6, 2 p.m. Sunday and Feb. 7

Where: GRBC’s Wege Theatre, 341 Ellsworth St. SW

Tickets: $30 adults, $25 seniors, $20 children 12 and younger at Ticketmaster outlets, (800) 982-2787, Tickets here

More info: 454-4771, or on the Grand Rapids Ballet website and on MLive

You probably know M. Jackson loved Charlie Chaplin and Smile, Modern Times theme, was his favorite song.

Here is a picture of him apparently taken from The Official Michael Jackson Opus

Quit convincing actually.