Category Archives: Movies

Charlie Chaplin in 1922

DescriptionEnglish: Portrait of Charlie Chaplin in 1922. “Mr. Chaplin is a symbol. He personifies one of the most basic and powerful instincts of mankind—namely the instinct for humor”
Date1922
SourcePhotoplay (https://archive.org/details/phojun22chic/page/n173/mode/2up?view=theater)
AuthorAnonymous photographer at the Strauss-Peyton studio

The Movie Doctor, by G. Francis Kauffman

DescriptionEnglish: A movie doctor, by G. Francis Kauffman. “You know him at once by his carriage, by the way he holds his head—and by his black bag. In the movies, doctors always carry black bags”
Date1922
SourceMotion Picture Magazine (https://archive.org/details/motionpicturemag23brew/page/n509/mode/2up?view=theater)
AuthorG. Francis Kauffman