Hollywood Classics

27/02/2017. The 89th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, honored the best films of 2016, and took place on February 26, 2017, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, 5:30 p.m 1. Moonlight Best Picture · Dede Gardner, Adele Romanski, Jeremy Kleiner 2. Casey Affleck Best Actor · Manchester by the Sea 3. Emma Stone Best Actress · La La Land 4. The Salesman Best Foreign Language Film · Asghar Farhadi 5. Zootopia Best Animated Feature Film · Byron Howard, Rich Moore, Clark Spencer 6. Mahershala Ali Best Supporting Actor · Moonlight 7. Viola Davis Best Supporting Actress · Fences 8. O.J.: Made in America Best Documentary Feature · Ezra Edelman, Caroline Waterlow 9. Damien Chazelle Best Director · La La Land 10. La La Land Best Original Music Score · Justin Hurwitz Kenneth Lonergan wins best original screenplay for Manchester by the Sea. 11. Man...

Chaplin and Martha Ray with dancers during the shooting of  Monsieur Verdoux 26/02/2017. Overview of His Life : 4. Charlie Chaplin's Wives : 1. Mildred Harris : Charlie Chaplin’s first wife was Mildred Harris (1901-1944). They married in 1918 after Mildred believed she was pregnant - it was a false alarm, though she did later give birth to Charlie’s first child, who sadly only lived for three days. Their divorce, in 1920, was acrimonious. Mildred was an actress who appeared in a few films such as The Inferior Sex and For Husbands Only. *Mildred Harris Chaplin, 1918 2. Lita Grey : His second wife was Lita Grey (1908-1995). She played the flirtatious angel in The Kid and one of Edna’s maids in The Idle Class, and started out as the leading lady for The Gold Rush before falling for Charlie and then falling pregnant. She had two children with Chaplin, Charles Jr. and Sydney Earl. This marriage (1924-1927) also came to a bitter end in court. Lita carried on in Vaud...

25/02/2017. Overview of His Life : Childhood : The Younger Brother: W. Dryden I. The son of Hannah Chaplin and Leo Dryden, Wheeler Dryden was taken away from his mother as a baby by his father. He was touring India and the Far East as a vaudeville comedian when he first learned from his father that Charlie Chaplin was his half brother. After trying for years to contact Charlie, Wheeler finally joined the Chaplin brothers and their mother in the 1920s.                                                                     **Wheeler Dryden II. Though not as gifted as Chaplin, Wheeler was a competent actor who made his career both on stage and on screen. He became a permanent member of the Chaplin Studios in 1939 when he was appointed assistant director of The Great Dictator. He was later promoted...

23/02/2017. Overview of His Life : Childhood : The Older Brother: Sydney *Sydney Chaplin I. Charlie Chaplin and his brother Sydney were very close and looked out for each other from their childhood days. Four years Charlie’s senior, Sydney played a paternally protective role to his little brother throughout his life. In fact, Charlie Chaplin always credited Sydney for most of his professional and financial success. *Charlie and Sydney Chaplin on the set of The Immigrant (1917) II, When poverty and deprivation struck the tightly knit family, both Sydney and Charlie Chaplin spent some of their darkest days in workhouses. Young as they were, both boys did whatever they could to help their mother. At the age of twelve, Sydney was sent to a training ship called Exmouth and subsequently started to work as a steward on various shipping expeditions. Returning from one of his voyages in 1903, during which he became very ill, he found his mother committed to the mental h...

17/02/2017. Overview of His Life Childhood Charles Spencer Chaplin was born in London, England, on April 16th, 1889. His father was a versatile vocalist and actor; and his mother, known under the stage name of Lily Harley, was an attractive actress and singer, who gained a reputation for her work in the light opera field. Charlie’s Father: Charles Chaplin Sr. (1863-1901) The senior Charles Chaplin married Hannah in 1885 and took to the stage professionally a year later. He was well known as a comic singer, and had a number of songs made famous by him, such as “Oui! Tray Bong!”, “Eh! Boys?” and - written by himself – “The Girl Was Young and Pretty”. His marriage to Hannah did not last long, and they separated when Charlie was only about one year old. Charlie Chaplin had little contact with his father, except for a short period when he and Sydney stayed with Charles Chaplin Sr. during their mother’s stay at hospital. Drinking was a professional problem amongst ma...