Bristol's Slapstick Festival has announced that A Dog's Life will be screened with live orchestra at their 2018 gala evening on 26th January at Colston Hall, along with Buster Keaton's Sherlock Jr.
For their 100th anniversary, Pro Senectute are organizing a series of screenings of Modern Times with the Swiss Youth Symphony Orchestra in Zurich, Montreux, Lugano and Bern in October and November.
There are also upcoming screenings in Moscow, Paris, Dresden, Pocatello (Idaho), Berrien Springs (Missouri), and much more. See our regularly-updated list of confirmed film concerts.
New Licensing (Bubbles Inc.)
Infinite Statue's limited edition statue commemorating The Kid can now be pre-ordered on Sideshow.
Eirakuya, the oldest cotton fabric shop in Japan, designed two tenugui (traditional Japanese towels) in 1932, when Chaplin first visited Japan. Bubbles Inc. has recently licensed the rights to Eirakuya to manufacture and sell new tenugui with the same beautiful vintage designs from the 1930s (agent Ono Hiroyuki). Also in Japan, men's t-shirts and tote bags are now available from Deluxe (agent Copyrights Asia).
We are looking forward to Protocol SL's new tin wind-up toys of the Tramp character, which will be ready soon. Genuine French jacquard-woven cotton tea towels are now available from Tissage Moutet, and limited edition graphic art prints are still available from Nautilus Art Prints.
Start planning next year with your 2018 Charlie Chaplin calendar by Pictura.
Web News
Trailer: Monsieur Verdoux
This week, we added new trailers of Monsieur Verdoux and Limelight to our Youtube channel, TheChaplinFilms. Let us know what you think in the comments! Subscribe to our channel today, so you can receive updates of our regular uploads.
We've been making many improvements to our image bank. The major change is that previously unpublished images can now be viewed by all. Did you know that our image bank has over 12,000 images? Many were scanned from original prints or negatives from the Chaplin Studios. They are available for licensing or as personal prints using the Fotomoto print-on-demand feature.
After the releases of several Chaplin soundtracks on major digital platforms, we've begun work on digital releases of more Chaplin music, including A Dog's Life, Shoulder Arms and The Pilgrim.
We have added a presentation for children on Chaplin's life and work to our website. Please use and share! It is also available in French.
And for those of you interested in learning a bit more about Chaplin's children and grandchildren, there's now some information available on our website.
Film Distribution, Documentaries, Clips, Etc.
On December 5th, Potemkine Films will be releasing new French DVD & blu-ray editions of Modern Times with a new recording of the original score restored and conducted by Timothy Brock and performed by the NDR Radiophilharmonie Orchestra, as well as new bonus material.
Also in France, City Lights is on the programme for the 2018 baccalauréat. Special edition books for teachers and students are being released by Réseau Canopé and Capricci Editions. At this year's Festival International du Cinéma Méditerranéen de Montpellier, held from 20th to 28th October, 350 to 400 final-year students will attend an educational workshop on City Lights. The Festival du film de Sarlat, held from 14th to 18th November, will also screen City Lights for schools, with an introduction by Stéphane Goudet. The Entrevues Belfort film festival, from 25th November to 3rd December, will host an entire retrospective of Chaplin films, including a film concert of The Kid.
Kinomady, a mobile cinema offering free screenings to migrant and refugee populations in France, screened The Circus, City Lights and The Gold Rush all summer long in refugee camps, reception centers for asylum seekers and social rehabilitation centers throughout France.
In the USA, Criterion Collection's next Chaplin release will be The Circus in 2018.
Chaplin in Baliopened the Bali International Film Festival (Balinale) on 24th September, and won Best Documentary at the Audience Choice Awards. It will also be screened at the Vancouver International Film Festival on 7th, 9th and 11th October.
A new TV documentary on Sydney Chaplin (Charlie's brother) by Lobster Films is currently in post production. Lobster Films will soon release DVDs with their documentaries on Charlie Chaplin (The Birth of The Tramp, 2014) and Sydney Chaplin (Sydney, The Other Chaplin, 2017). There will also be a limited edition release in a 16 mm film can containing both DVDs and some goodies...
In pre-production: A new animated film based on The Kid, produced by Bidibul Luxembourg and Superprod Paris.
Charlotte Gainsbourg's new album, Rest, is centred around the loss of her sister. After seeking advice from Lars Von Trier for putting the title track to images, Gainsbourg established a personal language for the piece. Like the song itself, the video is a musical loop in which Gainsbourg creates a repetitive language, inspired in particular by her cinematic influences, including Charlie Chaplin's The Kid (clip licensed by MK2)
Charlotte Gainsbourg: Rest
Museums and Exhibitions
In addition to a Certificate of Excellence, Chaplin's World by Grévin has received TripAdvisor's Travellers' Choice Award, ranking it as the number one museum to visit in Switzerland.
France: Until 14th October, an exhibition we prepared on Modern Times is on display at the Médiathèque de Cosne sur Loire, as part of their short film festival, "A Bout de Courts". FREE entrance.
Spain: Until 14th January 2018, CaixaForum Girona is hosting an exhibition on childhood and cinema, "Cine y emociones. Un viaje a la infancia", which was previously at the Cinémathèque Française. The exhibition includes reproductions of photographs from the Chaplin archives.
New Books
De Varly Editions have contracted with Bubbles Inc. for the re-publication of several series of vintage French Charlot comic books. Up first, Charlot au Régiment! Brazilian publisher Editora Ftd. have released a children's book based on City Lights, Charles Chaplin: Um tesouro em preto e branco. Chaplin and Hitler, by Ono Hiroyuki has just been published in Korean.
Diogenes Verlag AG's German-language edition of David Robinson'sChaplin: His Life and Art is scheduled for publication later this year.
Stage Shows
Denmark: A new stage adaptation of The Great Dictator is currently at Copenhagen's Nørrebro Teateruntil 29th October.
Norway: Rogaland Teater's own stage adaptation of The Great Dictator is programmed from 15th November to 2nd December.
Finland: From 12th to 16th December in Helsinki, Musiikkiteatteri Kapsäkki will stage its adaptation of Modern Times.
France: The Opéra National du Rhin will be performing Mario Schröder's licensed Chaplin ballet in Strasbourg and Mulhouse, France in early 2018.
Belgium: "Chaplin" by Thierry Janssen, Jasmina Douieb and Othmane Moumen will be reprised at the Théâtre Royal du Parc in Brussels in May and June 2018.
The ex-Broadway show "Chaplin The Musical" by Chris Curtis and Tom Meehan will be travelling to Israel, Germany and Denmark in 2018. More details to come.
