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Syd Chaplin and "Prince"
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Sydney Chaplin (Charlie Chaplin's brother) and a German shepherd dog.Original title: "Syd Chaplin and 'Prince,' a war hero, cited three times for bravery on the fields of Flanders, captured from the Prussian Guards by Captain Aubrey Chaplin, Syd's cousin, and brought to Los Angeles by an American soldier. The dumb hero succumbed recently after being run down by an automobile outside the Chaplin estate."
1919
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Henry Bergman, Marta Golden, Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, and Charlie Chaplin
1917
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Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin, and D.W. Griffith
February 1919
The four founders of United Artists, Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin, and D.W. Griffith.
Scene Still from Chaplin's "The Adventurer"
1917
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Cartoon for "The Great Dictator."
1940
In this Al Hirschfeld cartoon promoting Charlie Chaplin's film "The Great Dictator," Hynkel, played by Chaplin, dances with Madame Napaloni, played by Grace Hayle.
