Charlie Chaplin on Olympic

[James Hill]

Just to say if you buy the new DVD on Charlie Chaplin`s "The Kid" the special features contain fotage of Mr Chaplin on the Olympic.In it we see him bidding farewell to Mary Pickford and Douglas
Fairbanks,clowning around with the crew and meeting other passengers.It also includes a quick view of Olympics port side.This DVD is available from amazon.com.

 

[Jeremy Lee]

That footage was shot on board the Olympic?

 

[James Hill]

Yes it was.This is an old British newsreel and it clearly states that it is the Olympic.Also the after decks have the distinctive look we all know.
We also see a quick glance of Olympic which is clearly a White Star Line ship.Belive me or not Charlie Chaplin was on the Olympic.

 

[Jeremy Lee]

I didn't know that White Star let their ships for filming!

 

[Brian R Peterson]

White Star did not let their ships out for filming of movies per say, but Old Reliable does appear frequently in old new reels.

It is a known fact that Charlie Chaplin sailed on the Titanic, he frequently sailed on her when crossing the pond in the 1920's.

Other well known celebrities that sailed on Olympic include the Prince of Wales and Walter Lord

Best Regards,

Brian

 

[Encyclopedia Titanica]

A slight exaggeration. Chaplin sailed on the Olympic (not the Titanic - that would have been a story!) once in 1921. He did though also take the Oceanic (in 1912), the Mauretania in 1931 and the Queen Elizabeth in 1952.

 

[Dave Gittins]

Welcome back James! Glad to see our youthful film expert is around.

 

[Encyclopedia Titanica]

The best bit of that film is Charlie on the well deck judging the crew's Charlie Chaplin walk competition.

 

[greg robertson]

White Star made the publicity film of the Olympic in the 1920s also

 

[Jeremy Lee]

For their company to promote sales, not for a movie right?

 

[Randy Bryan Bigham]

I haven't seen it for a while and will have to check my copy sometime but I think the 1925 Theda Bara movie "The Unchastened Woman" has brief newsreel-type glimpses of Olympic.

 

[Jeremy Lee]

The White Star publicity film?

 

[greg robertson]

Was a publicity movie showing the liner inside and out i think. its a very rare film

 

[Jeremy Lee]

Yes, anywhere to get it?

 

[greg robertson]

Not that I know of. I think Ken Marschall has seen the movie it was on an earlier thread - probably among Olympic's somewhere.

I remember reading that it showed passengers eating in the dining room