Rollie Totheroh on THE KID
The Kid • 8m 1s
This audio excerpt is from a 1964 interview with Charlie Chaplin’s loyal cinematographer Roland “Rollie” Totheroh. In it, he recalls that the editing of THE KID was completed outside of California because of concerns that Chaplin’s then wife, Mildred Harris, would draw it into her divorce case against him.
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Mo Rothman on THE KID
The following audio excerpt is from an interview with distributor Mo Rothman, who partnered with Charlie Chaplin to rerelease his feature films, starting with THE KID in 1972. The interview was recorded by Chaplin biographer Jeffrey Vance in 1998.
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Jackie Coogan: The First Child Star
The following video essay by Charlie Chaplin scholar Lisa Haven, on THE KID actor Jackie Coogan, was produced in 2015.
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A Study in Undercranking
In the following program, produced in 2015, silent-film specialist Ben Model looks at how Charlie Chaplin used the difference between filming and projecting speeds to create unique gags that could only exist in silent cinema.
