Chaplin Week – The Great Dictator
It was some 11 years after the dawn of the talkie before Charles Chaplin made the leap to dialogue-driven sound film. While City Lights and Modern Times were very much “sound” films, they lacked the one key ingredient that most associate with the jump; the spoken word. With The Great Dictator audiences finally heard the … Read more
Chaplin Week – A Countess From Hong Kong
While it might seem like an unusual place to begin a celebration of the work of Charles Chaplin, no film in the directors body of work represents the esoteric and hectic nature of his life than A Countess From Hong Kong. That summation is not necessarily connected to the films content, but more so the … Read more
Introducing Chaplin Week at Hope Lies at 24 Frames Per Second
Charlie Chaplin. The Little Tramp. Charlot. Regardless of what name you know him by, the chances are that you do know of him. Without a hint of hyperbole intended it’s not much of an overstatement to suggest that Chaplin was quite probably the most famous man of the first half of the 20th century. Speaking … Read more
