"Just met Charlie Chaplin. What blue eyes he has!" wrote the 17-year-old Oona O'Neill to her friend Carol Matthau in 1942. An aspiring actress who had dated JD Salinger and Orson Welles in her ...

In truth, the Charlie Chaplin the world came to know was primarily ... his pale face and bright blue eyes. He was out in the streets from morning to night. I remember he was a regular one for ...

A portion of Charlie Chaplin's letter recounting his visit ... about six foot four, with piercing blue eyes but a gentle smile.” Chaplin was so moved by his visit with Larkin that he was ...

The real life of Hollywood icon Charlie Chaplin ... But then he came in third. A theory: Chaplin's eyes probably threw off the judges, since those baby blues couldn't be seen in black and white.

One of the young actors who played a street tough in City Lights opined, “I think Charlie would’ve much rather played all the parts himself if he could.” Working with Chaplin could be ...

That town’s leading theatrical producer, aware no doubt that there was nothing on the stage worth showing, took Charlie to the ... is the way the man with eyes saw Chaplin: “The man I lunched ...