Charlie Chaplin in The Circus"" – Vintage Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Charlie Chaplin in The Circus"". The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Charlie Chaplin in The Circus""
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In this 1928 New York World-Telegram portrait, Charlie Chaplin appears in performance as the Tramp, the character who anchors *The Circus*. The film, released by United Artists that year, follows the Tramp as he stumbles into a traveling circus, becomes a sensation as a clown, and gets tangled in the troupe's romance and rivalries. The production was long and difficult, and Chaplin's work on it earned him a special honorary Academy Award at the first Oscar ceremony in 1929. The photograph is part of the newspaper's large collection of celebrity and film images, a reminder of how closely the press followed Chaplin's career.
| Created / published | 1928 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Portrait photographs 1920-1930.Film stills 1920-1930.Photographic prints 1920-1930. |
| Notes | No. 759. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Chaplin, Charlie,--1889-1977--Performances. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,329 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-201792 |
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