Long lost Charlie Chaplin film found at antiques fair
source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/7894001/Long-lost-Charlie-Chaplin...
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Man buys old keystone film at a antiques fair, man puts film away for few months, man picks up film and spots Charlie Chaplin. Man happy.
Odd but true story of a film collector who discovered he owned a rare 1914 film, which starred Chaplin in an early role before he was famous. The 10 minute film is titled A Thief Catcher and star the famed comedy actor as a policeman in a over sized uniform.
"He showed it to a fellow film collector, Richard Roberts, who said: "I looked at it two seconds and said 'Yep, it's Chaplin.' Even though he's dressed as a cop, the rest of the character is still there – the moustache, the walk, the mannerism. This is a character he'd been doing for quite a while."-Telegraph
Hope this will be digitised and on youtube soon.
Odd but true story of a film collector who discovered he owned a rare 1914 film, which starred Chaplin in an early role before he was famous. The 10 minute film is titled A Thief Catcher and star the famed comedy actor as a policeman in a over sized uniform.
"He showed it to a fellow film collector, Richard Roberts, who said: "I looked at it two seconds and said 'Yep, it's Chaplin.' Even though he's dressed as a cop, the rest of the character is still there – the moustache, the walk, the mannerism. This is a character he'd been doing for quite a while."-Telegraph
Hope this will be digitised and on youtube soon.
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