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Passion Pictures Documentary - Call for Archival Material


DO YOU HAVE - OR KNOW ABOUT - ANY CHARLIE CHAPLIN AUDIO OR FILM?
chaplin@passion-pictures.com

Passion Pictures are excited to announce the production of a new feature length documentary about Charlie Chaplin. Two time Academy Award-winning Passion are based in London and are at the forefront of high-quality, award-winning cinematic documentaries. This film is being produced with the full approval of the Chaplin estate and directed by a multi-BAFTA nominated team.

They would love to hear from you if you own or know about any FILM of Charlie or AUDIO of him speaking (that is not owned by the Chaplin estate). They would also like to know about interviews with people who knew Charlie or commented on him publicly during his lifetime e.g. friends, employees, associates, rivals, and critics. Written transcripts of oral history or print interviews are welcome too.

Examples of the kind of thing that would be of interest:
* Home movies
* Rushes, outtakes, or behind the scenes footage on set
* Print interviews (newspapers, magazines) with Charlie
* Radio or TV interviews WITH CHARLIE or with somebody else speaking ABOUT CHARLIE
* A journalist’s private tapes recorded during an interview intended for print, either WITH CHARLIE or with somebody else speaking ABOUT CHARLIE

However, they do not require copies of Chaplin’s many wonderful films – thank you.

If you have any information or would like to offer some advice, they would be delighted to hear from you:
chaplin@passion-pictures.com

Pay Day Soundtrack - Now Online




Pay Day (1922) was Chaplin’s last two-reeler, and casts him in an unfamiliar role, as a working man and hen-pecked husband. It proved one of his most trouble-free productions and shooting was completed in one month.

Fifty years after the film’s initial release, Chaplin returned to Pay Day in 1972 to compose a musical score with the help of his music associate Eric James. In one of the film’s memorable scenes, Charlie and his brother Sydney Chaplin sing “Sweet Adeline” with a group of drunks. Based on correspondence in the Chaplin archives, we know that it was of particular importance that this traditional tune be quoted in the film’s music track - Chaplin’s own mother used to sing it to him when he was very young.

In the coming days, we’ll publish a new track from the original soundtrack once a day on Youtube so you can listen from anywhere! Subscribe to our Youtube channel and follow us on Facebook and Twitter to keep up with our daily posts.

You can also get the full soundtrack on:
- iTunes
- Spotify
- Deezer
- Amazon: US GB

662 Tramps at Chaplin's World's First Anniversary




On April 16th, 2017, to celebrate Chaplin’s World’s first anniversary and Charlie Chaplin’s 128th birthday, 662 fans set a world record for the biggest gathering of people dressed as Chaplin’s iconic Tramp character. After a group picture, the Tramps set out on an Easter egg hunt in the garden of the Manoir de Ban, the former Chaplin family home.

For more pictures of the event, see our album on Facebook.