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Behind the studio gates
The Chaplin Office describes the January 1918 move and the studio’s setting. This is a place to understand Chaplin’s working life, with the exterior as the accessible reference rather than an assumed public studio tour.
Actor · Director · Cultural figure
Charlie Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin moved into his own studio in January 1918. At La Brea and De Longpré, a new filmmaking base took shape on grounds once surrounded by orange groves.
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THE PLACES BEHIND THE STORY
A life on the map.
Explore 3 connections. Each connection links to its evidence; outlined circles mark approximate areas, not exact buildings or camera positions.
Chaplin Studios · former Henson lot
The Chaplin Office describes the January 1918 move and the studio’s setting. This is a place to understand Chaplin’s working life, with the exterior as the accessible reference rather than an assumed public studio tour.
Chaplin Office — How to Make Movies ↗︎
Working studio property. View from public areas; access to the lot and stages requires authorization.
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Charlie Chaplin — Chicago
Wikidata links Charlie Chaplin to Chicago as a work location.
Wikidata relationship — Chicago ↗︎Wikidata musician record — Charlie Chaplin ↗︎
Chicago, Chicago
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Charlie Chaplin — Essanay Studios
Wikidata links Charlie Chaplin to Essanay Studios as a institutional work.
Wikidata relationship — Essanay Studios ↗︎Wikidata musician record — Charlie Chaplin ↗︎
Essanay Studios, Chicago
Open street map ↗︎IN THE STORY1918
Chaplin moves into his own studio in January.
WORKS
Culture, connected.
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Modern Times
Charlie Chaplin
The Kid
Charlie Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin ↗︎
Charlie Chaplin
KEEP EXPLORING
Cities and Worlds.
Los Angeles ↗︎
Follow a scene into the hills. A song onto the Strip. A story all the way to the ocean.
Chicago ↗︎
Loop canyons, neighbourhood kitchens, record rooms and the streets that taught cinema how to move.
Charlie Chaplin ↗︎
Follow Charlie Chaplin through verified birthplace, residence, work and life-story geography in Chicago.
PEOPLE IN THE STORY
Creative connections.
Follow collaborators through their work and the real places tied to it.
Paulette Goddard ↗︎
Paulette Goddard was an American actress. Born on 3 June 1910, this profile follows Paulette Goddard through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include Modern Times (1936). The location trail reaches Chaplin Studios · former Henson lot. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.