How Charlie Chaplin filmed The Kid

In an early post I uploaded a PowerPoint presentation highlighting some of the historic settings in Chinatown and the Plaza de Los Angeles where Chaplin filmed his early masterpiece The Kid (1921).  You can download the 60 MB file here.   In honor of , I am presenting a few static images from this presentation.  You can read about all of the locations, many not covered here, in my book Silent Traces.

Here is a post about The Artist being filmed at the Pickford Mansion and The Kid mansion.

Here is a full post about Chaplin filming The Kid on Olvera Street

All images from Chaplin films made from 1918 onwards, copyright © Roy Export Company Establishment. CHARLES CHAPLIN, CHAPLIN, and the LITTLE TRAMP, photographs from and the names of Mr. Chaplin’s films are trademarks and/or service marks of Bubbles Incorporated SA and/or Roy Export Company Establishment. Used with permission.

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