On the set of “The Count”, 1916.

Charlie Chaplin in “Sunnyside” (1919) - Colorized by Juliana Corrêa, more (x).

Charlie Chaplin, 1931. Photo by Edward Steichen

Charlie Chaplin ~ The Gold Rush, 1925

Charlie Chaplin aboard the S.S. President Coolidge, sailing towards Asia, 1936.

Tango Tangles (1914) - released 104 years ago this day. Directed by Mack Sennett, it starred these two dorks (who’d become giant directors of comedy themselves), as wee fresh-faced babes!

“The inscription reads ‘To Charles Chaplin, for the incalculable effect he has had in making motion pictures the art-form of this century’. Chaplin has become more than a name. It is a word in the vocabulary of films, and anyone who has ever seen a movie is in his debt.” - Daniel Taradash, President of the Academy (1970-1973).

10 April 1972 | 82-year-old Charlie Chaplin receives his honorary Academy Award before an audience who gave him a twelve-minute standing ovation - the longest in the history of the Academy to date.

Jack Lemmon presents Charlie Chaplin with replicas of his iconic bowler hat and cane at the 45th Academy Awards in 1972, when Chaplin received an Honorary Award for his invaluable services to the film industry.

Jack Lemmon presented Charlie with replicas of his iconic bowler hat and bamboo cane, and he later greeted others stars, including Jack Nicholson, Jane Fonda and Sammy Davis Jr. (x)

Charlie Chaplin Pay Day, Charlie Chaplin (1922).

“The Circus” 1928

Merna Kennedy, Charlie, Harry Crocker and Allan Garcia, “The Circus” 1928.