Appendix I

Chronology

1786		Shadrach Chaplin I (CC’s great-great-grandfather) born.
1807–8		Sophia Chaplin (CC’s great-grandmother) born.
1814		Shadrach Chaplin II (CC’s great-grandfather) born.
1834–5		Spencer Chaplin (CC’s grandfather) born.
1839	16 April	Charles Frederick Hill (CC’s maternal grandfather) born.
		Mary Ann Terry (CC’s maternal grandmother) born.
1854	15 May	Mary Ann Terry (CC’s maternal grandmother) marries Henry Lamphee Hodges.
	30 October	Spencer Chaplin marries Ellen Elizabeth Smith (both minors) at St Margaret’s Church, Ipswich.
1855	June	Spencer William Tunstill Chaplin (CC’s uncle) born.
1858	18 December	Mary Ann Hodges, née Terry (CC’s maternal grandmother), widowed by death of Henry Lamphee Hodges, aged thirty-four.
1861	16 August	Charles Frederick Hill (widower) marries Mary Ann Hodges (widow) (CC’s maternal grandfather and grandmother) at St Mary’s Church, Lambeth.
1863	18 March	Charles Chaplin (CC’s father) born at 22 Orcus Street, Marylebone.
1865		6 August Hannah Harriett Pedlingham Hill (CC’s mother) born at 11 Camden Street, Walworth.
1870	18 January	Kate Hill (CC’s aunt) born at 39 Bronti Place, Walworth.
1871		Census returns show Charles Hill lodging at 77 Beckway Street, Walworth, with wife, Mary Ann, stepson Henry and daughters Hannah and Kate.
1873	2 October	Death of Ellen Chaplin (CC’s grandmother) at 15 Rillington Place, aged thirty-five.
1884	24 May–5 June	Hannah Chaplin (‘Lily Harley’) appears at Bijou Music Hall, Blackfriars Road.
	25–30 November	Hannah Chaplin (‘Lily Harley’) appears at Castle public house, Camberwell Road.
1885	16 March	Sidney John Hill (Sydney Chaplin; CC’s brother) born.
	29 April	Sidney Hill’s birth registered.
	22 June	Charles Chaplin Senior marries Hannah Hill at St John’s Church, Larcom Street.
	December	Hannah Chaplin (‘Lily Harley’) appears at Star, Dublin.
1886	2 January	Hannah Chaplin (‘Lily Harley’) appears in Belfast.
	27 May	Hannah Chaplin (‘Lily Harley’) appears in benefit at South London Palace.
1887	20 June	Hannah Chaplin (‘Lily Harley’) appears at Folly Theatre, Manchester.
	20 June	First recorded professional appearance of Charles Chaplin Senior, at Folly Variety Theatre, Manchester.
1889	16 April	BIRTH OF CHARLES CHAPLIN.
	Autumn/Winter	Charles Chaplin Senior appearing at several London music halls.
1890		Publication of Charles Chaplin Senior’s song successes, ‘Eh, Boys?’ and ‘Everyday Life’.
	3 March	Sydney Chaplin enrolled at King and Queen Street School, Southwark (remains until May).
	5 May	Sydney Chaplin enrolled at Addington Street School, Lambeth.
	16 August	Charles Chaplin Senior appearing at Union Square Theatre, New York (remains until 6 September).
	11 November	Sydney Chaplin enrolled at Flint Street School, Southwark.
1891		Publication of Charles Chaplin Senior’s song success, ‘As the Church Bells Chime’.
	November	Leo Dryden sings ‘The Miner’s Dream of Home’ and is paid £20 for publication rights by Francis, Day and Hunter – ‘the most they have ever paid for a song’.
1892	31 August	Birth of Wheeler Dryden (CC’s half-brother).
1893		Publication of Charles Chaplin Senior’s song success, ‘Oui, Tray Bong’.
	19 February	Mary Ann Hill (CC’s grandmother) admitted to infirmary. Charles Hill is living at 97 East Street.
	23 February	Mary Ann Hill committed to asylum. Charles Hill is living at 87 St George’s Road.
	1 March	Mary Ann Hill removed to Banstead Asylum.
	8 August	Birth of Florence Etty (Hetty) Kelly at 30 Broad Street, Westminster.
1895	29 June	Hannah Chaplin admitted (as ‘Lilian Chaplin’) to Lambeth Infirmary (remains until 30 July).
	1 July	Sydney Chaplin admitted to Lambeth Workhouse (remains until 4 July).
	4 July	Sydney Chaplin transferred to Norwood Schools (remains until 17 September).
	17 September	Sydney transferred to Lambeth Workhouse and discharged to care of father.
	10 October(?)	CC enrolled at Addington Street School, Lambeth.
1896		Publication of Charles Chaplin Senior’s song success, ‘She Must Be Witty’.
	8 February	Hannah Chaplin (as ‘Lily Chaplin’) performs at Hatcham Liberal Club.
	30 May	CC and Sydney admitted to Newington Workhouse.
	9 June	St Saviour Parish Board of Guardians requires Charles Chaplin Senior to pay 15s. weekly towards support of CC and Sydney.
	18 June	CC and Sydney transferred to Hanwell Schools.
	June/July	Hannah Chaplin admitted to Champion Hill Infirmary.
	1 July	Board of Guardians reports to Local Government Board that Charles Chaplin Senior agrees to contribute to sons’ support.
	18 November	Sydney Chaplin transferred to Training Ship Exmouth.
1897		Throughout entire year, CC remains at Hanwell Schools; Sydney Chaplin at Training Ship Exmouth.
	29 May	Death of Spencer Chaplin (CC’s grandfather).
	10 August	Hannah Chaplin visits CC at Hanwell.
	16 September	Board of Guardians applies for warrant for Charles Chaplin Senior for non-payment of sons’ support, and offers £1 for information leading to his arrest.
	11 November	Reported to Board of Guardians that Spencer Chaplin (CC’s uncle) has paid £44.8s. due from Charles Chaplin Senior.
	16 November	Board of Guardians, through Spencer Chaplin, requests Charles Chaplin Senior to take responsibility for sons within fourteen days.
	20 December	Hannah Chaplin and her father Charles Hill seek baptism at Christchurch Nonconformist Church, Westminster Bridge Road. Resulting decision to be baptized on 10 January 1898.
	23 December	Warrant issued against Charles Chaplin Senior for neglecting to maintain his children.
1898	18 January	CC discharged from Hanwell Schools.
	18 January	Charles Chaplin Senior arrested for non-payment of support for sons.
	20 January	Sydney Chaplin discharged from Training Ship Exmouth.
	22 July	CC, Sydney and Hannah admitted to Lambeth Workhouse.
	30 July	CC and Sydney transferred to Norwood Schools.
	12 August	CC and Sydney transferred to Lambeth Workhouse; CC, Sydney and Hannah discharged from Lambeth Workhouse (Hannah’s day’s outing).
	13 August	CC, Sydney and Hannah readmitted to Lambeth Workhouse.
	15 August	CC and Sydney transferred to Norwood Schools.
	6 September	Hannah admitted to Lambeth Infirmary.
	15 September	Hannah transferred to Cane Hill Asylum.
	21 September	Board of Guardians seeks to make Charles Chaplin Senior take charge of his sons.
	27 September	CC and Sydney transferred to Lambeth Workhouse, and discharged to care of father.
	12 October	Board of Guardians informed that Charles Chaplin Senior had failed to enrol his sons in school.
	12 November	Hannah discharged from Cane Hill Asylum.
	26 December	CC with Eight Lancashire Lads at Theatre Royal, Manchester.
		Charles Chaplin Senior at Tivoli, Manchester (remains until 7 January 1899).
1899	9 January	CC entrolled at Armitage Street School, Ardwick, Manchester.
	5 May	Death of Spencer Chaplin (CC’s uncle). Charles Chaplin Senior becomes nominal licensee of Queen’s Head.
	20 July	Charles Hill (Chaplin’s grandfather) admitted to Lambeth Infirmary, from 39 Methley Street.
	2 August	Charles Hill transferred from Lambeth Infirmary to Lambeth Workhouse.
1900	23 April	CC enrolled in St Mary the Less School, Newington (remained until 3 May).
	September	Charles Chaplin Senior’s last recorded stage appearance, at Granville Theatre of Varieties, Walham Green.
	12 November	CC enrolled in St Francis Xavier School, Liverpool.
1901	6 April	Sydney Chaplin embarks to Cape as assistant steward and bandsman on Norman (returns 31 May).
	29 April	Charles Chaplin Senior admitted to St Thomas’s Hospital.
	9 May	Charles Chaplin Senior dies in St Thomas’s Hospital, aged thirty-seven.
	1 September	Sydney Chaplin embarks for New York as steward on Haverford (discharged in New York, 2 October).
	5 October	Sydney Chaplin engaged as steward on St Louis, New York to Southampton (discharged in Southampton, 23 October).
1902	September	Sydney Chaplin embarks for Cape as steward and bugler on Kinfairns Castle (returns 25 October).
	8 November	Sydney Chaplin’s second voyage as steward and bugler on Kinfairns Castle (returns 27 December).
1903	17 January	Sydney Chaplin’s third voyage as steward and bugler on Kinfairns Castle (returns 7 March).
	24 March	Sydney Chaplin’s fourth voyage as steward and bugler on Kinfairns Castle (returns 9 May).
	5 May	Hannah Chaplin admitted to Lambeth Infirmary.
	9 May	Hannah Chaplin committed as lunatic (next of kin: son, CC).
	11 May	Hannah Chaplin transferred to Cane Hill Asylum (remains until 2 January 1904).
	6 July	CC plays Sam in Jim, A Romance of Cockayne at Royal County Theatre, Kingston.
	13 July	CC plays Sam in Jim, A Romance of Cockayne at Grand Theatre, Fulham.
	27 July	CC plays Billy in Sherlock Holmes for first time, Pavilion Theatre, East London (H. A. Saintsbury as Holmes).
	10 August	Tour of Sherlock Holmes, with CC as Billy, begins at Theatre Royal, Newcastle.
	(?)	December Sydney Chaplin joins cast of Sherlock Holmes tour.
1904	2 January	Hannah Chaplin discharged from Cane Hill Asylum; joins sons on tour.
	11 June	First Sherlock Holmes tour ends.
	20 August	Production of From Rags to Riches, starring CC, announced.
	29 August	Charles Hill (CC’s grandfather) admitted to Renfrew Road Workhouse from 24 Chester Street.
	21 October	Charles Hill discharged from Renfrew Road Workhouse.
	31 October	CC joins second Sherlock Holmes tour, with Kenneth Rivington as Holmes.
	10 November	Sydney Chaplin embarks on last voyage, as assistant steward and bugler on Dover Castle to Natal.
1905	6 March	Hannah Chaplin readmitted to Lambeth Infirmary.
	16 March	Hannah Chaplin committed as lunatic (next of kin: Kate Hill).
	18 March	Hannah Chaplin transferred to Cane Hill Asylum (remains until 9 September 1912).
	22 April	Second Sherlock Holmes tour ends.
	12 August	CC joins third Sherlock Holmes tour, with H. Lawrence Layton as Holmes (Harry Yorke Company).
	13 September	Clarice, with William Gillette, opens at Duke of York’s Theatre, London.
	30 September	CC leaves third Sherlock Holmes tour.
	3 October	The Painful Predicament of Sherlock Holmes added as afterpiece to Clarice at Duke of York’s: CC plays Billy.
	17 October	Sherlock Holmes replaces Clarice at Duke of York’s: CC plays Billy.
	19 October	Funeral of Henry Irving, CC attends.
	20 November	Royal Gala Performance of Sherlock Holmes.
1906	1 January	CC joins fourth Sherlock Holmes tour (Harry Yorke Company).
	3 March	Fourth Sherlock Holmes tour ends.
	March	CC joins company of Wal Pink’s Repairs.
	19 March	Repairs tour opens at Hippodrome, Southampton.
	12 May	CC leaves tour of Repairs at Grand Palace, Clapham.
	May	CC joins Casey’s Circus Company.
	9 July	Sydney Chaplin signs first contract with Fred Karno: one year at £3 per week (£6 if required to work in USA).
	Oct/Nov	Sydney Chaplin with Karno Company in USA.
1907	24 June	Sydney Chaplin signs second contract with Fred Karno: two years at £4 per week, one-year option.
	20 July	Tour of Casey’s Circus ends.
	Autumn	CC attempts single act at Foresters’ Music Hall.
1908	February	CC given trial by Fred Karno.
	21 February	CC’s first contract with Fred Karno: £3.10s. per week first year; £4 per week second year; third year option at same rate.
		During the year CC and Sydney take flat at 15 Glenshaw Mansions, Brixton Road.
	Autumn	CC meets Hetty Kelly.
	Autumn	CC appears in Karno’s Mumming Birds in Paris.
1909		During the year CC plays in The Football Match, Mumming Birds.
	3 March	Charles Hill (CC’s grandfather) admitted to Renfrew Road Workhouse from 15 Glenshaw Mansions.
	4 September	Charles Hill discharged from Renfrew Road Workhouse.
	31 December	CC plays in The Football Match at Oxford Music Hall.
1910		During the year CC plays additionally in Skating and Jimmy the Fearless.
	19 September	CC signs second contract with Fred Karno, to run from 6 March 1911: three years at £6, £8 and £10 per week and a three-year option.
		Embarks with Karno American Company on SS Cairnrona.
	3 October	Karno US tour begins at Colonial Theatre, New York, with The Wow-Wows.
	26 December	Karno Company presents A Harlequinade in Black and White (possibly devised by CC) at American Music Hall, New York.
1911		Karno US tour continues throughout year.
	January	Alf Reeves (Karno tour manager) marries Amy Minister.
1912	June	CC returns to England at end of Karno US tour.
	July/August	CC touring in France and Channel Islands with Karno Company.
	9 September	Hannah Chaplin transferred from Cane Hill Asylum to Peckham House, Peckham Road.
	2 October	CC embarks on Oceanic with Karno Company for second US tour.
1913	25 September	CC signs contract with Kessel and Bauman to join Keystone Film Company on 16 December, at $150 per week for one year.
	8 October	CC acquires 200 shares in Vancouver Island Oil Company Ltd (nos. 10826–11025).
	29 November(?)	CC’s last performance with Karno Company, at Empress, Kansas City.
	16 December	CC’s contract with Keystone Film Company commences.
1914	January	Commences work at Keystone Studios.
	2 February	Making a Living released.
	7 February	Kid’s Auto Races released.
	9 February	Mabel’s Strange Predicament released.
	28 February	Between Showers released.
	2 March	A Film Johnnie released.
	9 March	Tango Tangles released.
	16 March	His Favorite Pastime released.
	26 March	Cruel, Cruel Love released.
	4 April	The Star Boarder released.
	18 April	Mabel at the Wheel released.
	20 April	Twenty Minutes of Love released.
	27 April	Caught in a Cabaret released.
	4 May	Caught in the Rain released.
	7 May	A Busy Day released.
	1 June	The Fatal Mallet released.
	4 June	Her Friend the Bandit released.
	11 June	The Knockout released.
	13 June	Mabel’s Busy Day released.
	20 June	Mabel’s Married Life released.
	9 July	Laughing Gas released.
	1 August	The Property Man released.
	10 August	The Face on the Bar Room Floor released.
	13 August	Recreation released.
	27 August	The Masquerader released.
	31 August	His New Profession released.
	7 September	The Rounders released.
	24 September	The New Janitor released.
	10 October	Those Love Pangs released.
	26 October	Dough and Dynamite released.
	29 October	Gentlemen of Nerve released.
	7 November	His Musical Career released.
	9 November	His Trysting Place released.
	5 December	Getting Acquainted released.
	7 December	His Prehistoric Past released.
	14 December	Tillie’s Punctured Romance released. During the year Sydney Chaplin arrives at Keystone. CC signs contract with Essanay for $1250 per week to make fourteen films in 1915. At end of month arrives in Chicago.
1915	January	CC working in Essanay Chicago Studio.
	1 February	His New Job released.
	15 February	A Night Out released.
		CC moves to Essanay Studio, Niles, California.
	11 March	The Champion released.
	18 March	In the Park released.
	1 April	A Jitney Elopement released.
	11 April	The Tramp released.
	29 April	By the Sea released.
	May	Mark Hampton Co. for Charles Chaplin Advertising Service Company sues Art Novelty Co. for producing Chaplin statuettes.
	28 May	Board of Guardians seeks to return Hannah Chaplin to Cane Hill Asylum, since sons’ payments to Peckham House Hospital are in arrears.
	21 June	Work released.
	12 July	A Woman released.
	9 August	The Bank released.
	27 August	Hetty Kelly marries Lieutenant Alan Edgar Horne at registry office in Parish of St George, Hanover Square.
		Keystone sues Chaplin Film Co. along with A. G. Levi and Lemun Film Co. for copyright infringement and accounting of profits relating to Dough and Dynamite.
		Himalaya Films, the distributors in France, name Chaplin ‘Charlot’.
	4 October	Shanghaied released.
	20 November	A Night in the Show released.
	18 December	Release of Charlie Chaplin’s Burlesque on Carmen announced, but postponed.
1916		CC forms Charlie Chaplin Music Corporation, with Sydney Chaplin and Herbert Clark (offices at 233 South Broadway, Los Angeles).
	22 January	Kate Mowbray (Kate Hill, CC’s aunt) dies at 99 Gower Street, London.
	20 February	CC appears in benefit at Hippodrome, New York; donates half his fee to Actors’ Fund.
	25 February	Subscription lists opened on Lone Star Film Corporation ($400,000 7% preferred stock; $25,000 common stock).
	26 February	CC signs with Mutual Film Corporation for $10,000 per week, with bonus of $150,000.
	27 February	In Boston, Revd Frederick E. Heath preaches sermon on ‘Charles Chaplin’s Half Million.’
	22 March	CC attacked by London Daily Mail for clause in contract forbidding return for war service in British forces.
	27 March	Lone Star Studio opened.
		Police released.
	10 April	Essanay releases expanded version of Charlie Chaplin’s Burlesque on Carmen.
	12 May	Chaplin seeks injunction to prevent release of Charlie Chaplin’s Burlesque on Carmen.
	15 May	The Floorwalker released.
	25 May	CC appeals against adverse ruling on Carmen case.
	12 June	The Fireman released.
	24 June	CC’s appeal against Carmen ruling fails in Supreme Court.
	10 July	The Vagabond released.
	7 August	One A.M. released.
	4 September	The Count released.
	1 October	CC institutes proceedings to prevent publication of Charlie Chaplin’s Own Story.
	2 October	The Pawnshop released.
	8 November	CC cables requesting to negotiate for rights in Hall Caine’s The Prodigal Son.
	12 November	Nationwide Chaplin psychic impulse reported in USA.
	13 November	Behind the Screen released.
	December	Paderewski visits studio.
	4 December	The Rink released.
	9 December	Al Woods cables CC offer of half of profits plus weekly salary stipulated by CC, to appear in a musical comedy during 1917–18. Woods includes film rights to CC, in consideration of split of profits. Chaplin refuses.
		Publication of Charlie Chaplin’s Own Story prevented.
1917	5 February	Easy Street released.
	8 February	In Cincinnati, hold-up man disguises himself as CC.
	31 March	CC plays in Tragics v. Comics ball game in Washington Park, Los Angeles.
	16 April	The Cure released.
	15 May	Variety reports (incorrectly) Chaplin pictures to be distributed by Artcraft.
	June	John Jasper succeeds Henry P. Caulfield as general manager of Lone Star Studio. Carlyle Robinson appointed press representative.
	17 June	The Immigrant released.
		CC signs ‘million-dollar contract’ with First National Exhibitors’ Circuit (salary: $1,075,000 per year).
	4 August	CC issues press statement: ‘I am ready and willing to answer the call of my country.’
		British High Command forbids wearing of CC toothbrush moustache in army, as likely cause for ridicule.
	22 October	The Adventurer released.
	Autumn	CC begins work on building new studio on La Brea Avenue, Los Angeles.
1918	January	CC moves into new studio.
		Alf Reeves joins studio as General Manager.
	15 January	Begins shooting A Dog’s Life (working title: I Should Worry).
	23 January	Harry Lauder visits studio; Lauder and CC shoot 745 feet of comedy together.
	25 January	Lauder visits studio with Douglas Fairbanks.
	7 February	Artificial lights first used in studio (for night scene).
	11 February	A Dog’s Life abandoned; CC begins new film, Wiggle and Son.
	12 February	Wiggle and Son abandoned; CC resumes A Dog’s Life.
	26 March	Begins cutting A Dog’s Life, ‘working night and day’; completes it on 31 March.
	1 April	CC leaves Hollywood for Washington on Liberty Bond Tour.
	8 April	In New York for Liberty Loan appeal (rest of month on Liberty Bond tour).
	14 April	A Dog’s Life released.
	15 April	John Jasper resigns as studio manager.
	9 May	CC announced to appear at benefit for Child Welfare Association of England and Ireland, but is not present.
	27 May	Begins to shoot Shoulder Arms (working title: Camouflage).
	8 June	Solar eclipse prevents shooting.
	13 June	Mrs Lee (mother of child actor Frankie Lee) paid $2 for use of her sweater in kitchen scene.
	18 July	CC receives and replies to letter from Henrietta Horne (née Hetty Kelly).
	11 August	Essanay release Triple Trouble.
	15 August	CC begins work on The Bond.
	22 August	Completes The Bond.
	31 August	CC begins cutting Shoulder Arms (though shooting continues).
	20 October	Shoulder Arms released.
	23 October	CC marries Mildred Harris, and moves into 2000 De Mille Drive.
	4 November	Begins work on Sunnyside.
		Death of Henrietta Horne (née Hetty Kelly). CC will not learn of death until 1921.
	7 November	Premature national holiday for Armistice.
	11 November	Holiday for real Armistice.
	15 November	Bishop of Birmingham visits studio.
	16 December	The Bond released.
1919	1–18 January	CC and Edna Purviance absent from studio.
	15 January	Statement of intent to form United Artists.
	19–28 January	Studio closed down.
	29 January	Sunnyside abandoned.
		CC begins work on A Day’s Pleasure (working title: Putting It Over).
	5 February	Resumes work on Sunnyside.
		Contracts of incorporation for United Artists signed.
	15 April	CC completes shooting Sunnyside.
	17 April	Certificates of incorporation for United Artists filed.
	21 May	CC begins rehearsals for A Day’s Pleasure (working title: Charlie’s Picnic), but does no shooting until 30 June.
	26 May	Elsie Codd, CC’s English press representative, arrives in Hollywood.
	15 June	Sunnyside released.
	7 July	CC’s first son, Norman Spencer Chaplin, born.
	8–9 July	Desultory shooting on A Day’s Pleasure.
	10 July	4 p.m.: Norman Spencer Chaplin dies.
	11 July	Burial of Norman Spencer Chaplin, Inglewood Cemetery.
	21 July	CC begins auditioning young children for The Waif.
	30 July	Begins shooting The Waif (first version of The Kid).
	8 August	Publicity film of CC in aeroplane shot at San Diego.
	18 August	Commences ‘new version’ of The Waif.
	17 September	Jackie Coogan ‘lost and licked’.
		Towards end of month CC apparently abandons work on The Kid.
	30 September – 2 October	Shoots flea and flophouse material subsequently identified as The Professor.
	7 October	Resumes work on A Day’s Pleasure (working title now The Ford Story).
	19 October	Completes A Day’s Pleasure.
	14 November	Resumes work on The Kid (now known by definitive title).
	15 December	A Day’s Pleasure released.
	22–27 December	CC gives Jackie Coogan holiday to visit grandmother in San Francisco, as Christmas present.
1920	14 January	CC begins cutting The Kid (though shooting continues).
	18 March	News stories on Chaplin marital troubles.
	4 April	Mildred Harris Chaplin begins divorce proceedings, charging mental cruelty.
	7 April	CC and Louis B. Mayer fight in Alexandria Hotel dining room.
	19 April	CC tests possible replacement for Edna Purviance in The Kid.
	9 June	Lillita MacMurray (Lita Grey) shoots her first scenes in The Kid.
	3 August	Mildred Harris Chaplin’s suit for divorce.
		During most of the rest of the year, and while cutting The Kid, Chaplin is in New York.
	13 November	Mildred Harris Chaplin granted divorce.
1921	22 January	CC begins preparing The Idle Class (working title: Home Again).
	6 February	The Kid released.
	15 February	CC begins shooting The Idle Class.
	29 March	Hannah Chaplin is admitted into America.
	25 July	CC completes shooting The Idle Class.
		At end of month CC goes to Catalina with Edward Knoblock and Carlyle Robinson to work on new scenario.
	6 August	CC begins work on Pay Day (working title: Come Seven).
	22 August	Begins shooting Pay Day: completes eight scenes (348 feet).
	27 August	Leaves Los Angeles for New York and European trip.
	3 September	Sails from New York on Olympic.
	9 September	Arrives in London.
	19 September	Arrives in Paris.
	24 September	Arrives in Berlin.
	25 September	The Idle Class released.
	28–30 September	Weekend with H. G. Wells and family.
	6 October	Returns to Paris. Decorated by French Government.
	7 October	Flies back to London.
	7–9 October	Weekend with H. G. Wells and family.
	10 October	Sails from London in Olympic.
	17 October	Arrives in New York.
	30 October	Plagiarism suit brought by L. Loeb re Shoulder Arms.
	31 October	CC arrives back in Los Angeles.
	6 November	CC looks for locations for Pay Day.
	6–11 November	Trip with Clare and Dickie Sheridan.
	26 November	Begins shooting Pay Day.
1922	27 January	CC begins cutting Pay Day.
	7 February	Completes shooting and cutting of Pay Day.
	1 April	Begins preparing The Pilgrim.
	2 April	Pay Day released.
	10 April	CC begins shooting The Pilgrim.
	1–6 May	New generator installed at studio.
	15 July	CC completes The Pilgrim.
	Summer	Meets Peggy Hopkins Joyce.
	October	CC and Pola Negri meet at Actors’ Fund Pageant.
	3 October	Mildred Harris Chaplin files for bankruptcy.
	27 November	CC begins shooting A Woman of Paris
1923	25 January	Jesse Lasky announces that Pola Negri’s contract with Paramount would not preclude marriage to Chaplin.
	28 January	Chaplin–Negri press conference to announce engagement.
	26 February	The Pilgrim released.
	1 March	Pola Negri breaks engagement.
	2 March	Pola Negri and CC announce reconciliation and re-engagement.
	25 June	CC completes shooting of A Woman of Paris.
	28 June	Chaplin–Negri engagement definitively broken off.
	September	Chaplin completes editing of A Woman of Paris
	26 September	Hollywood première of A Woman of Paris, Criterion Theatre.
	1 October	New York première of A Woman of Paris, Lyric Theatre.
	15 October	CC addresses American Child Health Association in Detroit.
	12 December	Suspicion, a play by George Appell and Wheeler Dryden (Chaplin’s half-brother), produced at Egan Theatre, Los Angeles.
	29 December	‘The Lucky Strike’, scenario of The Gold Rush, registered for copyright.
1924	January	CC preparing The Gold Rush.
	8 February	Begins shooting The Gold Rush.
	2 March	Lita Grey signed as leading lady for The Gold Rush.
	April	Unit shoots on location at Truckee.
	1 May	Unit returns from Truckee.
	22 September	Studio shooting halted. Does not resume until 2 January 1925.
	19 November	Death of Thomas Ince.
	26 November	CC marries Lita Grey in Guaymas, Mexico.
	22 December	Tests made of Georgia Hale: announcement that she will replace Lita Grey in leading role.
1925	2 January	Shooting of The Gold Rush resumed.
	February	First rumours of marital disharmony.
	20 February	CC wins suit against Charles Amador for infringement of a comic character.
	20 April	Begins cutting The Gold Rush.
	5 May	Birth of son, Charles Spencer Chaplin Junior.
	14 May	Birth of Oona O’Neill.
	26 June	Première of The Gold Rush at Grauman’s Egyptian Theatre, Los Angeles.
	28 June	‘Official’ birth date of Charles Spencer Chaplin Junior.
	3 July	CC finishes cutting The Gold Rush.
	12 July	Decision in Amador case overturned.
	29 July	CC leaves Los Angeles for New York.
	16 August	New York première of The Gold Rush at Strand Theatre.
	1 October	Hannah Chaplin’s residence permit temporarily renewed.
	15 October	CC returns to Los Angeles.
	2 November	Begins preparation of The Circus.
	31 December	Georgia Hale’s contract terminates.
1926	2 January	Commencement of Merna Kennedy’s contract.
	11 January	CC begins shooting The Circus.
	16 January	Josef von Sternberg begins work on Sea Gulls, or A Woman of the Sea, produced by CC.
	9 March	Von Sternberg begins shooting A Woman of the Sea.
	30 March	Birth of Sydney Earl Chaplin.
	1 June	Von Sternberg completes shooting A Woman of the Sea.
	16 June	Raquel Meller visits set of The Circus.
	7 September	Chaplin is bearer at Rudolph Valentino’s funeral.
	28 September	Fire at studio.
	30 November	Lita Grey leaves Chaplin home, with children.
	5 December	Studio operations temporarily suspended.
1927	8 January	CC sues Jim Tully over biographical article in Pictorial Review.
	10 January	Lita Grey files divorce complaint.
	18 January	Chaplin safe and vault opened by receivers.
	March	CC invited by Soviet film organization to visit USSR to escape ‘hypocrisy’.
	20 April	CC agrees to pay one million dollars settlement on claim for back taxes.
	2 June	CC answers Lita Grey’s complaint.
	9 June	Guards taken off duty, as receiver leaves studio.
	22 August	Hearing of divorce suit. Lita Grey granted divorce (final decree 25 August 1928).
	23 August	CC and Alf Reeves return to studio.
	6 September	Work on The Circus resumed after eight months’ suspension.
	28 October	Preview of The Circus at Alexandra Theatre, Glendale.
	17 November	Further preview at Bard & West Adams Theatre, following reshoots and further editing.
	19 November	The Circus completed.
	December	CC works on musical score for The Circus with Arthur Kay.
	24 December	CC considering material for next film.
1928	6 January	World première of The Circus at Strand Theatre, New York.
	27 January	West coast première of The Circus at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, Los Angeles.
	7 March	Trial of CC’s suit against First National for unpaid royalties on The Kid. Decision in CC’s favour, 17 March.
	5 May	CC begins preparation of City Lights.
	28 August	Death of Hannah Chaplin at Glendale Hospital, California.
	1 November	Virginia Cherrill put under contract.
	31 December	CC begins shooting City Lights.
1929	25 February	CC becomes ill with ptomaine poisoning; contracts ’flu, and does not resume shooting until 1 April.
	10 June	Work begins to move studio buildings fifteen feet, for widening of La Brea. Lasts until end July.
	28 June	CC replaces Henry Clive with Harry Myers.
	7 September	CC fires Harry Crocker.
	24 September	Winston Churchill and party visit studio.
	11 November	Georgia Hale brought in to replace Virginia Cherrill. Remains on payroll until 30 November.
	12 November	Virginia Cherrill removed from payroll (returns 21 November).
	16 November	Gordon Pollock replaces Eddie Gheller as cameraman.
1930	24 February	Death of Mabel Normand.
	5 October	Shooting of City Lights completed.
	8 November	CC begins work on musical score.
1931	19 January	Preview of City Lights at Tower Theatre.
	30 January	CC attends world première of City Lights at Los Angeles Theatre.
	31 January	CC leaves Los Angeles on start of world trip.
	6 February	CC attends New York opening of City Lights, George Cohan Theatre.
	13 February	Sails for Europe on Mauretania with Ralph Barton and Kono.
	19 February	Arrives at Southampton, travels by train to London.
	20 February	Visits Hanwell Schools.
	27 February	Attends London première of City Lights, Dominion Theatre.
	March	Visits Berlin, Vienna, Venice.
	27 March	Travels from Venice to Paris to receive the Légion d’ Honneur.
	April	Visits Riviera.
	23 April	Alf Reeves reports sackings of studio staff.
	28 April	CC in Algiers with Sydney Chaplin and May Reeves, then returns to Riviera.
	May	Carlyle Robinson sent from Paris to New York.
	30 May	CC in Juan-les-Pins with May Reeves.
	20 June	Boris Evelinoff put in charge of Chaplin Paris office.
	15 July	Carlyle Robinson put in charge of Chaplin New York office.
	August	CC in Spain and Paris.
	September	CC in London.
	22 September	Meeting with Gandhi.
		Weekend at Chartwell.
	10 November	Weekend with Astors at Cliveden.
	December	Makes trip to North of England.
	26 December	CC in St Moritz with the Fairbankses, Sydney Chaplin and May Reeves; stays until March 1932.
1932	January	Carlyle Robinson dismissed.
	12 March	CC and Sydney Chaplin leave for Far East. Farewell to May Reeves.
	3 April	Edna Purviance, ill and without money, appeals for help to CC.
	23 April	CC and Sydney in Singapore; CC becomes ill with fever.
	7 May	CC and Sydney leave Singapore for Japan.
	14 May	Arrive Tokyo.
	2 June	CC, Sydney and Kono leave Yokohama in Hikawa Maru.
	10 June	CC and Kono arrive in Hollywood. Sydney Chaplin returns to Europe.[NOTE: The exact dates of Chaplin’s itinerary during this 1931–2 trip are extremely elusive: at this distance in time, one must be grateful for sightings en route which the foregoing dates largely represent.]
	27 June	CC releases article on Economic Solution to press.
	July	Until February 1933, Chaplin is occupied in writing series of articles, ‘A Comedian Sees the World’, for Woman’s Home Companion.
	July	First meeting with Paulette Goddard.
	25 August	Loyd Wright (lawyer) files CC’s petition objecting to sons working in motion pictures.
	27 August	CC in court for petition.
	2 September	Decision in CC’s favour.
	15 October	CC served with subpoena to appear in court, 26 October.
	26 October	CC in court on Lita Grey Chaplin’s appeal.
		Decision in his favour.
1933	March	Buys yacht, Panacea. Spends much of this summer on it.
	25 March	First mention of work on Modern Times.
	21 June	Original and only negative of A Woman of the Sea or Sea Gulls destroyed in presence of witnesses. Work on Modern Times and preparations for production continue to end of year.
	23 October	CC speaks for National Recovery Act on Columbia Broadcasting System.
	7–9 December	CC at Hearst Ranch, San Simeon.
	29–31 December	CC at Yosemite.
1934		Preparations for Modern Times continue.
	16 May	Kono resigns, is given position with United Artists in Tokyo.
	4 September	Paulette Goddard signs contract with studio.
	11 October	CC begins shooting Modern Times.
	16 December	Douglas Fairbanks and Lady Mountbatten visit set.
	28 December	Sound tests of CC and Paulette Goddard.
1935	17 July	Title Modern Times officially announced.
	30 August	Shooting on Modern Times completed.
	27 November	H. G. Wells arrives in Hollywood as guest of CC; stays until 24 December.
	4 December	CC has row with Al Newman over music for film.
	22 December	Sound for Modern Times completed.
	28 December	Preview of Modern Times in San Francisco, followed by cuts and redubbing.
1936	5 January	Preview of Modern Times at Alexander Theatre, Glendale.
	5 February	Modern Times opens at Rivoli, New York.
	12 February	Modern Times Hollywood première at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre.
	17 February	CC embarks on Coolidge with Paulette and Mrs Goddard and Frank Yonamori (valet) for San Francisco en route for Honolulu.
	26 February	They arrive in Honolulu but decide to go on to Hong Kong.
	7 March–22 May	Travelling to Yokohama, Kobe, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Manila, Saigon, French Indo-China,
	22 April	CC erroneously reported dead in Indo-China.
	22 May	Leaves Japan for California on Coolidge; arrive 3 June.
	11 June	Death of Nathan Burkan, for long CC’s lawyer. During rest of year CC works on Stowaway, Regency and Napoleon project. This work continues into 1937.
1937	23 April	Films Tobis Sonores bring suit for plagiarism of A Nous la Liberté. (Suit dismissed 19 November 1939.)
	26 May	Regency laid aside.
	1 October	Paulette Goddard takes screen test for role of Scarlett O’Hara in Gone With the Wind.
1938		Chaplin spends much of year at Pebble Beach, working intermittently on projects.
	October	Begins work on The Great Dictator.
1939	9 January	Work begins on sound-proofing studio stages (finished 10 February).
	21 January	Sydney Chaplin arrives in Hollywood from Europe.
	25 March	Wheeler Dryden arrives in Hollywood to work at studio.
	23 June	Title The Great Dictator registered.
	9 September	CC begins shooting The Great Dictator.
		House Un-American Activities Committee begins investigations.
	15 November	Douglas Fairbanks visits studio with wife: last meeting with CC.
	12 December	Death of Douglas Fairbanks (funeral, 15 December).
1940	28 March	CC completes main shooting of The Great Dictator.
	29 March	Begins cutting The Great Dictator.
	23 June	Resumes shooting, including final speech.
	3 July	Resumes cutting.
	22 July	Begins work on recording and music.
	5 September	Preview at Riverside Theatre, Riverside, California, followed by cutting, reshooting and redubbing.
	20 September	Preview at Long Beach, followed by further retakes and redubbing.
	11 October	CC goes to New York; remains until 10 February 1941.
	15 October	World première of The Great Dictator at Capitol and Astor Theatres, New York. CC present.
	14 November	Hollywood première of The Great Dictator, Carthay Circle Theatre.
1941	26 March–30 April	CC in New York.
	15 April	Konrad Bercovici brings plagiarism suit over The Great Dictator.
	9 June	CC begins work on reissue of The Gold Rush, with sound track.
	26(?) June	Puts Joan Berry (Barry) under contract.
		CC working on Shadow and Substance.
1942		CC continues work on Shadow and Substance.
	18 May	Speech for Russian War Relief in San Francisco.
	19 May	New version of The Gold Rush opens at Paramount, Hollywood and Paramount, Los Angeles.
	22 May	Joan Barry’s contract cancelled by mutual consent.
	4 June	Paulette Goddard granted divorce (marriage alleged to have taken place in Far East, 1936).
	22 July	CC speaks by radio-telephone to Madison Square Second Front rally.
	12 October	Leaves for New York with Tim Durant and Edward Chaney (valet).
	16 October	Speaks at ‘Artists’ Front to Win the War’ rally, Carnegie Hall.
	30 October	Returns to Los Angeles.
		Meets Oona O’Neill.
	November	Begins work on script for Landru (Monsieur Verdoux).
	25 November	Speaks at ‘Salute Our Russian Ally’ meeting, Orchestra Hall, Chicago.
	3 December	Speaks at ‘Arts for Russia’ dinner, Hotel Pennsylvania, New York.
	10 December	Returns home from New York and Chicago.
	23 December	Joan Barry breaks into Chaplin house, carrying gun.
	29 December	Shadow and Substance shelved.
1943		CC works on Landru (Monsieur Verdoux) script throughout year.
	7 March	Broadcasts ‘Lambeth Walk’ talk to Britain from CBS studio.
		Records speech at Soviet consul’s office to be sent to USSR.
	4 June	Joan Barry accuses CC of being father of unborn child.
	16 June	CC marries Oona O’Neill at Carpenteria, Santa Barbara.
	26 June	CC and Oona Chaplin return from Carpenteria.
	14 September	CC’s deposition in Barry case.
	2 October	Joan Barry gives birth to girl, Carol Ann.
1944	10 February	CC indicted by Federal Grand Jury on Mann Act charges and for conspiring with Los Angeles police and others to deprive Barry of civil rights in having her held on vagrancy charges.
	14 February	CC in court.
	15 February	Blood tests prove CC not father of Barry’s child.
	21 February	CC arraigned.
	25 February	CC in court to plead against Mann Act charges.
	26 February	CC in court – pleads not guilty in Mann Act case.
	9 March	CC in court – pleads not guilty in conspiracy case.
	21 March	Mann Act case opens.
	4 April	CC found not guilty on Mann Act charges.
	4–15 May	CC and Oona in Palm Springs.
	15 May	Violation of civil rights charges dropped.
	29 May–30 June	CC and Oona absent on New York trip.
	20 July	Death of Mildred Harris.
	1 August	Birth of daughter to CC and Oona, Geraldine Leigh Chaplin.
	26 September	CC dictates article to ‘youth of Soviet Russia’.
	13 December	Opening of Barry paternity trial.
	30 December	CC injures foot, in Cedars of Lebanon Hospital until 2 January.
1945	2 January	Paternity suit jury fail to agree (7–5 in favour of CC). Retrial ordered.
	26 January	Work begins on Landru (Monsieur Verdoux). Marilyn Nash tested.
	20 February	CC issues statement to press.
	4 April	Opening of new paternity trial.
	17 April	Paternity trial verdict for Barry (11 votes to 1).
	22–27 April	CC and Oona in Palm Springs.
	10 May	CC files motion for new trial.
	6 June	Motion for new trial denied.
	16 June	CC in court re Barry support.
1946	11 February	Script of Monsieur Verdoux sent for copyright.
	7 March	Birth of Michael John Chaplin.
	11 March	CC has interview with Joseph Breen.
	18 March	Edna Purviance arrives at studio with view to playing in film.
	7 April	Death of Alf Reeves.
	8 April	John McFadden appointed General Manager of studio.
	10 April	Funeral of Alf Reeves.
	21 May	First exteriors shot for Monsieur Verdoux.
	5 September	Shooting completed.
1947	11 April	World première of Monsieur Verdoux, Broadway Theatre, New York.
	12 April	Hostile press conference in New York.
	12 June	Congressman John Rankin demands Chaplin’s deportation.
	20 July	CC publicly accepts invitation from House Un-American Activities Committee to testify.
	23 September	Accepts subpoena for HUAC investigations.
	November	Sends telegram to Pablo Picasso in support of Hanns Eisler.
	17 December	Catholic War Veterans urge Justice and State Departments to investigate and arrange for CC’s deportation.
1948		By start of year, CC working on story of Footlights (Limelight).
	13 September	Begins dictating Footlights: work on script continues throughout following year.
1949	28 March	Josphine Hannah Chaplin born at St John’s Hospital, Santa Monica.
	5 May	Walter Wanger rents studio for tests of Greta Garbo.
	3–18 August	CC and Oona on trip to New York.
1950	17 January–13 February	CC and Oona on trip to New York.
	8 April	City Lights reissued. Opens Globe Theatre, New York.
	6 September	Title Limelight registered.
	11 September	Script of Limelight sent for copyright.
	17 September–8 October	CC and Oona on trip to New York.
	December	CC begins working on music for Limelight.
1951	11–22 January	CC and Oona on trip to New York.
	February	CC begins interviewing actresses for Limelight.
	22–28 April	CC in New York to test Claire Bloom.
	19 May	Birth of daughter, Victoria, at St John’s Hospital, Santa Monica.
	21 May	Start of enlargement of house at 1085 Summit Drive. Alterations completed 29 June.
	18 September	Claire Bloom sails on Mauretania from London.
	19 November	CC begins main shooting of Limelight.
1952	25 January	Main shooting completed.
	15 May	Roughcut of Limelight shown to James Agee and Sidney Bernstein.
	2 August	Preview at Paramount Studio.
	6 September	Chaplins leave Hollywood.
	17 September	Chaplin family sails from New York on Queen Elizabeth.
	19 September	Re-entry permit rescinded.
	23 September	Chaplins arrive in London.
	23 October	Première of Limelight, Odeon, Leicester Square, London.
	17–25 November	Oona Chaplin on trip to Los Angeles to wind up business affairs.
1953	January	Many theatres in USA cancel showings of Limelight.
	5 January	Chaplins move into Manoir de Ban, Corsier sur Vevey, Switzerland.
	March	Holiday on French Riviera.
	6 March	Limelight named Best Film of Year by Foreign Language Press Critics in USA.
	10 April	CC surrenders US re-entry permit.
	23 August	Birth of son, Eugene Anthony.
	September 18	Studio sold to Webb and Knapp.
1954	10 February	Oona Chaplin renounces US citizenship.
	2 May	CC announces he will make film called The Ex-King (A King in New York).
	27 May	Awarded World Peace Council Prize.
	18 July	Meets Chou En-lai in Geneva.
	10 October	Makes personal appearance in ring of Knie Circus in Vevey.
		Distributes Peace Prize money to poor of Paris and Lambeth.
1955		Preparing A King in New York.
	1 March	CC sells remainder of stock in United Artists.
1956	24 April	CC meets Bulganin and Khrushchev at Claridges.
	25 May	Is made honorary member of Association of Cinematograph, Television and Allied Technicians (ACTT).
	May–July	Shooting A King in New York.
	15 June	US Internal Revenue Service claims for back taxes.
	10 August	Reissue of The Gold Rush in Britain.
	25 August	Press conference in Paris.
	August–October	Editing, recording, dubbing A King in New York in Paris.
1957		CC continues work on A King in New York during early part of year.
	23 May	Birth of daughter, Jane Cecil.
	12 September	London première of A King in New York.
	24 September	CC bars US newsmen from Paris première.
	30 September	Death of Wheeler Dryden, in Hollywood.
1958	13 January	Death of Edna Purviance.
	21 February	CC’s name excluded from Los Angeles ‘Walk of Fame’.
	November	CC works on The Chaplin Revue.
	30 December	Settles US tax claims.
1959	16 April	Seventieth birthday. Chaplin says he will bring back The Little Fellow.
	24 September	The Chaplin Revue released.
	3 December	Birth of daughter, Annette Emily.
1960	July	Holiday in Ireland.
	20 December	Death of Mack Sennett.
1961	July	Holiday in Far East.
1962	April	Holiday in Switzerland, Ireland, London, Paris, Venice.
	27 June	Receives honorary doctorate from Oxford University.
	6 July	Receives honorary doctorate from Durham University.
	8 July	Birth of son, Christopher James.
1963	June	Roy Export Company wins case against Atlas Films for unauthorized distribution of The Gold Rush.
	September	CC seeks suppression of brochure for rejuvenation treatment, quoting CC as successful patient.
1964		CC talks of writing opera, and slapstick comedy for Sydney Chaplin Junior.
	June	Attends Callas Gala at Paris Opera.
	September	Publication of My Autobiography.
1965	16 April	Death of Sydney Chaplin Senior.
	2 June	CC receives Erasmus Prize with Ingmar Bergman.
	1 November	London Press Conference to announce A Countess From Hong Kong.
1966	25 January	CC begins shooting A Countess From Hong Kong.
	11 May	Completes shooting A Countess From Hong Kong.
	11 October	CC breaks ankle.
1967	2 January	A Countess From Hong Kong opens.
	18 June	Death of Roland Totheroh.
1968		CC works on The Freak.
	20 March	Death of Charles Chaplin Junior.
1970		CC composes new score for The Circus. Black Inc. takes distribution of Chaplin films.
1971	31 October	CC is awarded Grande Medaille de Vermeil by City of Paris.
1972	March	CC’s name added to Los Angeles ‘Walk of Fame’.
	2 April	CC arrives in New York.
	3 April	Appears at show at Philharmonic Hall, Lincoln Center.
	6 April	Is awarded Handel Medallion, New York.
	16 April	Is awarded Special Academy Award, in Hollywood.
	3 September	Is awarded Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival.
1974	October	Publication of My Life in Pictures.
1975	4 March	CC is knighted by HM Queen Elizabeth II.
1976	30 June	CC is reported as saying: ‘To work is to live – and I love to live’.
1977	15 October	CC makes last trip from home – to see Knie Circus in Vevey.
	25 December	CC dies in his sleep at Manoir de Ban, Corsier sur Vevey.
	27 December	Funeral at Vevey.
1978	1 March	Theft of body.
	17 March	Recovery of body.
	11–14 December	Trial of Ganev and Wardas for theft of body.
1980	14 January	Leicester Square hoax: papier maché statue of CC erected.
	27 September	Parc Charles Chaplin inaugurated in Vevey.
	18 December	Plaque placed on 287 Kennington Road. Unveiled by Sir Ralph Richardson.
1981	14 April	Statue by John Doubleday placed in Leicester Square. Unveiled by Sir Ralph Richardson.
1982	22 August	Bronze replica of Doubleday statue erected in Parc Charles Chaplin in Vevey.
1983		Unknown Chaplin first transmitted in UK (in USA, 1986).
1988		Oona Chaplin gives permission for Richard Attenborough to base a film on Chaplin’s My Autobiography.
1989		April World-wide celebration of centenary of Chaplin’s birth.
1990	23 April	Death of Paulette Goddard.
1991	27 September	Oona Chaplin dies at the Manoir de Ban, Corsier sur Vevey, Switzerland.
	16 November	Jerry Epstein dies in London.
1992	14 July	Henriette (Gypsy) Chaplin, widow of Sydney Chaplin, dies at the Hotel Beau Rivage, Lausanne, Switzerland, aged ninety-three.
1992	December	Release of film biography, Chaplin, produced and directed by Richard Attenborough and based on Chaplin’s My Autobiography and Chaplin: His Life and Art by David Robinson.
1995	29 December	Death of Lita Grey Chaplin.

ACADEMY AWARDS

Chaplin twice received special Oscars from the American Motion Picture Academy. At the first Academy Awards in 1928 he received a special award ‘for Versatility and Genius for Writing, Acting, Directing and Producing The Circus’. His second ‘Oscar’ came in 1972 (see above and pp. 681–5).