Behind the Slate

Chaplin goes to Hollywood where he learns the tricks of the trade from film comedy pioneer Mack Sennett. As World War I rages, he becomes the motion picture world's first superstar, and the highest paid person on the planet. As his popularity grows, Chaplin continues to experiment and transitions from bawdy slapstick to high-minded comedy, with a smile and a tear.

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Producer: Greg Kleinschmidt

Photography: Lola Scott

Sources:

‘Chaplin His Life and Art’ by David Robinson

'Chaplin: A Life’ by Stephen Weissman

‘Charlie Chaplin and His Times’ by Kenneth S Lynn

‘Tramp: The Life of Charlie Chaplin’ by Joyce Milton,

‘Charlie Chaplin: A Brief Life’ by Peter Ackroyd

‘Chaplin. Genius of Cinema’ by Jeffrey Vance

‘Wife of the Life of the Party’ by Lita Grey and Jeffrey Vance

‘My Autobiography’ by Charlie Chaplin

‘Charlie Chaplin’s Own Story’ by Charlie Chaplin and Rose Wilder Lane

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One-reelers are the laid back alternative to the research heavy episodes of Behind the Slate. On this episode, Aaron reflects on an incredible first week since the BTS premiere . He reads several emails and shares extra Chaplin stories that were cut from episode 1, reflects on the importance of history when viewing film, relates the pressures of drinking as a performing artist and shares a touching listener story about watching a Chaplin film with their dying mother.

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Producer: Greg Kleinschmidt

Photography: Lola Scott

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In this first episode, host Aaron Strand takes us to Victorian London to meet a little boy named Charles Spencer Chaplin. His father was an alcoholic singer, and his mother was in and out of the insane asylum. Chaplin overcame these extraordinary circumstances, as well as repeated failures on and off the stage, finally becoming a well respected slapstick comedian... that's when Hollywood called.

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Instagram: @behindtheslatepod

TikTok: @behindtheslatepod

YouTube: @behindtheslatepodcast

Join our weekly film club: https://www.instagram.com/arroyofilmclub

Producer: Greg Kleinschmidt

Photography: Lola Scott

Sources:

‘Chaplin His Life and Art’ by David Robinson

'Chaplin: A Life’ by Stephen Weissman

‘Charlie Chaplin and His Times’ by Kenneth S Lynn

‘Tramp: The Life of Charlie Chaplin’ by Joyce Milton,

‘Charlie Chaplin: A Brief Life’ by Peter Ackroyd

‘Chaplin. Genius of Cinema’ by Jeffrey Vance

‘Wife of the Life of the Party’ by Lita Grey and Jeffrey Vance

‘My Autobiography’ by Charlie Chaplin

‘Charlie Chaplin’s Own Story’ by Charlie Chaplin and Rose Wilder Lane

www.discoveringchaplin.com

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Greg Kleinschmidt and Jacqueline Postajian of the podcast 'Scene and Heard' sit down with Aaron Strand to talk about the new film history podcast, 'Behind the Slate'.

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Instagram: @behindtheslatepod

TikTok: @behindtheslatepod

YouTube: @behindtheslatepodcast

Join our weekly film club: https://www.instagram.com/arroyofilmclub

Producer: Greg Kleinschmidt

Photography: Lola Scott

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