Charlie Chaplin (1951)

Record Details:

Title:
Charlie Chaplin
Date:
1951
Publisher:
New York : Henry Schuman, Inc.
Volume:
Charlie Chaplin
Leaf #:
000276
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
{"Media History Digital Library","Richard Koszarski","Jeff Joseph"}
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
March 21, 2024
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XXIII 'The Circus" On his return from New York in October, 1925, after launching "The Gold Rush," Chaplin cast around for a new picture idea. After successive plans to film Stevenson's "The Club of Suicides" and "The Dandy," he hit upon "The Circus." For some years the role of a Pagliacci-like clown had understandably intrigued this twentieth-century counterpart of Arlequin, Arlecchino, Grock, and Grimaldi. Most of his collaborators on "The Gold Rush," weary of the long periods between pictures and anxious to shape their own careers, had left Chaplin for other companies. A new acquaintance, Harry Crocker, of the wealthy San Francisco family, was engaged to assist with the scenario and serve as actor-director. He played the part of Rex. Georgia Hale having gone to Paramount to do "The Rainmaker," a new leading lady was necessary. Lita Grey conspired to get the part for one of her childhood friends, Merna Kennedy, whom she felt she could trust. Lita managed it cleverly, inviting Merna to dinner, and tactfully letting Chaplin "discover" her. The seventeenyear-old Merna Kennedy who was then appearing in a musical comedy in Los Angeles naively confided that she would like to play in the movies. Chaplin was impressed with her charm and her possibilities for the part he had in mind. She was small and would pair well with him.