‘it could give me no more’, 279
censorship: see Breen office
Chaliapin, Fyodor, 357
Chaplin, Albert (C.’s uncle), 59
Chaplin, Charles (C.’s father),
C’s early memories of, 15–16, 20
and Louise, 33–40passim; C.
sees for last time, 58 ; death and
funeral of, 59–60
Chaplin, Charles, Junr (C.’s son),
283
Chaplin, Mrs (C’s mother), 14 ff.
passim; stage career, 17–20
struggle with poverty and ill-
health, 23 ff.; admitted to mental institution; 33, 69, 74–5, 81, 88,
132; goes to California, 249,
281–2; death, 283–4
Chaplin, Spencer (C’s uncle), 39
Chaplin, Sydney (C’s brother), 10,
13, 16, 23, 26–40, 51, 54, 67, 73,
74, 81, 82, 85–8, 92, 98, 99, 100–
102; joins Keystone Co., 157,
159; takes over C’s business
affairs, 172 ff.; on mergers, 220
with C. in Japan, 362 ff.; success
and retirement, 348
Chaplin, Sydney (C.’s son), 283
Chaplinesque (Hart Crane’s poem), 246
Charcoate (vaudeville hypnotist),
97–8
Chartwell (home of Sir Winston
Churchill), 333–5
chase, the (in comedy films),
‘I hated it’, 143; Lehrman’s
addiction to, 148
Chekhov, Anton, and emotion in the theatre, 252
Cherrill, Virginia, 323
Chicago,
C’s first impressions of, 125–7;
Essanay studio at, 161, 164
crowds greet C. at, 177
children, C’s, 235, 284, 448
children as actors, C. on, 232
Chou En-Iai, C. and, 471–2
Churchill, Randolph, 333
Chirchill, Sir Winston, 332–5, 337,
469–70
City Lights, 208, 209, 322–9, 337,
373
Clarissa(Wm. Gillette’s play), 89
91
Clark, Bert, 225
Clark, William A. (railroad magnate), 185–6
class distinctions, C.’s views on, 133
clergy, C’s opinion of the, 339
clog-dancing, as C’s first stage
work, 42–4
close-up (film technique), C. on the, 152
Coal Hole, the (public house, London), 82
Cochet, Henri, 344, 356
Cocteau, Jean (‘we had a glut of each other’), 380–82
Cohan Theatre (New York), 326–7
Conn, Harry (of Columbia Pictures), 183
coincidences, C. on, 343–4
Collier, Constance, 194–7, 217, 420passim,
217, 420
Collins, Josie, 180
Collins, Canon Lewis, 339
coloured photography, C’s ‘abhorrence
of, 278
comedy, distinction from humour, 210
comedy ‘business’, importance of an ‘attitude’ in, 146
Committee on Un-American Activities, 439, 458
Connelly, Marc, 251
Connolly, Cyril, 428
Coogan, Jackie, 230–33; ‘sensational’
in The Kid, 249; his earnings,
250
Cooper, Miriam, 156
Copeau, Jacques, 276
costume of C’s ‘tramp’ character,
origin of idea for, 145; ‘it imbued
me with the character’, 147
Coward, Noël, 473
Cowl, Jane, 257
Coyne, Frank (comedian), 47
Crane, Hart, 244, 245–6
Craney-Gatts, Mrs (Amer, millionairess), 186
creativeness,
C’s belief in his, 149; ‘made films
exciting’, 154
Cripps, Sir Stafford, 388
Crocker, Harry, 284, 312, 315, 415–16, 452, 464
Crowninshield, Frank, 243
Cunningham Reid, W., 359
Cure, The, Nijinsky watches shooting of,1 91–2
Curtiss, Glenn, 186
dancing lessons, C. gives,10, 66
Dando, Arthur (of Karno’s troupe), 139–40
Dandy Thieves, The(Karno sketch), 122
Davenport, Dorothy, 154
Davies, Marion, 303; and W. R.
Hearst, 303 ff., 319
‘Death Valley Scottie’, 185–6
Debussy, Claude-Achille, 113
De Mille, Cecil B., 173, 218
Depression, the (1930s)
C. and, 324, 371; the U.S.A. in,
373
Dexter, Elliott, 226
Diaghilev, Sergei, 192
Dillon Read & Co., 292
Dog’s Life, A, 208, 213, 218
Dolly Sisters, the (‘sensationally beautiful’), 155
Dolores, 243
Doro, Marie (‘Oh God, she was
beautiful’), 88–91, 217–18, 280
Dough and Dynamite, C directs for
Keystone, 157
Douglass, Major H., C’s interest in his Social Credit scheme, 324, 350
Doyle, Jack (boxer), 186
Dreiser, Theodore, 429
Dressler, Marie, 157, 214
Drew, John, 174, 256
Dukas, Helene (Einstein’s secretary), 316
Duke of York’s Theatre (London), C. plays at, 89–91, 217
Dunville, T. E., 46
Durant, Tim, 382, 407, 410, 414
Durant, Will, 448
Duse, Eleonora (‘greatest actress I have ever seen’), 194, 255
Early Birds (Karno sketch), 73, 92
Eastman, Crystal, 280
Eastman, Max, 209, 244, 280
Edendale, Los Angeles, Keystone Co.’s studios at, 141–2 education,
C’s impressions and early experiences
of, 40–41; ‘I wanted to
educate myself, 123; see also
schools
Edward, Prince of Wales,
and W. R. Hearst, 315; C. stays
with: ‘a charming host’, 356–8
Eglevsky, André, 447
Eight Lancashire Lads (clog-dancing troupe), C. joins the, 42–5
Einstein, Albert, 316–19; weeps at
City Lights, 327; see also Relativity
Einstein, Mrs Albert, 316–19
Eisenstein, Sergei, 250, 319–20
Eisler, Hanns, 391–2, 428, 439, 442
Elliott, Maxine, 174, 188
Ellsworth, Elmer, 144, 153
Elstree: ‘Where’s that?’, 330
Emerson, John (Herbert Tree’s film director), 195
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, C. discovers writings of, 134
empathy in acting, C. on, 255
Emperor Jones (Eugene O’Neill),
245
Empress Theatre, Los Angeles,
Karno sketch ‘a howling success
at’, 139
Ervine, St John, 278
Essanay Company, C. and, 160–74;
for list of C’s films see p.478
Eton, C’s impressions of, 346–8 exhibitors (’ rugged merchants’), 219
Exmouth(training ship), C’s brother
in, 31–2
Fadiman, Clifton (of Columbia Broadcasting System), 411
Fairbanks, Douglas, Snr, 195, 197 200; and Mary Pickford, 198,
199, 288–90, 372; and’Liberty
Bonds, 213–17 passim; and
Shoulder Arms, 219; and film
companies’ mergers, 221; and
United Artists, 221–3; with C. at
St Moritz, 360–61 ; C’s last meeting
with, 388–9
Fairbanks, Douglas, Junr, 389, 448,
467
faith, C. on, 287
family origins, C’s, 16, 108
fanmail becomes ‘a problem’, 172
Farrar, Geraldine, 181
Fealy, Maude, 184–5
Fauchtwanger, Lion, 384, 425, 428,
440
Fields family (C’s London neighbours),
94–6
Fifth Avenue Theatre (New York), The Wow-wows a success at, 124 film-cutting, C. on, 149 film-directing, C. and, 152, 205–6,
251
film-making, C. on, 250 ff
film plots, basis of C.’s comedy in,
210
First National Films, 203 ; disagreement
over The Kid, 237; ‘came to
me-theirhats in their hands’,
241 ; ‘I wanted to be rid of them’,
291, 91 ; for list of films see p.479
first stage and film appearances,
C’s18, 148
First World War, 158, 209; U.S.A.
and, 212, 223–4
Fiske, Mrs (Amer, actress), 257
Flower, Sir Archibald, 358
flower-selling, C. tries (as a boy), 60
Folies Bergère, C. plays at the,
108 ff.
Football Match, The(Karno sketch)
C. plays opposite Harry Weldon in, 98–101 ; gets Weldon’s part
in, 114
Ford, Miss Rachel (C’s business
manager), 465
Forester’s Music Hall (Mile End
Road, London), C. ‘gets the bird’
at, 95–6
Fort Belvedere, C. at, 357–8
fortune-telling, C. and, 129–30
Foster, Margaret (wife of Dudley
Field Malone), 244
Frampton, George, 268
Frank, Waldo, 244, 245, 276
Friganza, Trixie, 257
Fulmuller, Dr von, 353–4
Furness, Thelma, Lady, 356
Gandhi, Mahatma, Winston Churchill on, 334; C. meets, 335–7
Gandhi, Mrs, 470
Garfield, John, 403–4
Garrick Club (London), famous
men and treacle pudding for C. at,
268
Gatti-Casazza, Giulio, 182
George, Prince (of Greece), 276
George I, King (of Greece), at
Sherlock Holmes play, 90
George V, King (of England), 271
Geraghty, Tom, 199
Germany, C. in, 275, 353 ‘getting the bird’, C’s only experience of,
96
Getty, Paul, 422
Giannini, A. P. (banker), 186
Giesler, Jerry (C’s lawyer in paternity suit), 417 ff.
Gilbert, John (‘Jack’), 186, 307
Gillette, William, 82, 88–9, 90
Gish sisters, the, 156 glass-blower, C’s job as a, 61
Glyn, Elinor, 200, 201–2, 303, 313,
315
Goddard, Paulette, 375 ff.; C. marries,
380; ‘a widening breach’,
382, 387, 400–401
Godowsky, Leopold, 91
Gold Rush, The,208, 209, 223;
original idea for, 299–300 ; grosses
6 million dollars, 300; C’s
collapse follows, 300
Goldwyn, Samuel, 226, 285; his
assessment of C, 291 golf: ‘a game I loathe’, 102
Goodwin, Nat, 156; ‘the greatest’,
174; advises C. ‘keep off Broadway’,
174, 178
Gordon, Harry (of First National
Films), 241–3
Gould, Frank J., 115, 348
Grauman, Sid, 128, 134; his ‘foot-
prints-in-cement’ scheme, 184
Graves, George (comedian), 92
Gray, Tippy, 419, 420, 421,
423
Great Dictator, The, 386 ff., 443;
plagiarism suit over, 445–6
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