Preparation for cooking my breakfast 😅#charliechaplinwakenya #kenyancharliechaplin #fyp | Kenyan Charliè Chàplin

Watch the full scene on Youtube: https://youtu.be/brQVcF4DkeI In the eyes of the starving, delirious Big Jim, the Tramp is transformed into a chicken - a triumph both for the cameramen who had to effect the elaborate trick work entirely in the camera; and for Chaplin who magically becomes a bird. For one shot another actor took a turn in the chicken costume, but it was unusable: no one else had Chaplin’s gift for metamorphosis. | Charlie Chaplin

"Desperate with hunger, and here it was, Thanksgiving Day. Nevertheless, there was something to be thankful for..." #HappyThanksgiving "Shooting the scenes of cooking and eating the boot took 3 days and 63 takes, throughout which, in his usual way, Chaplin was progressively refining and elaborating his comedy business... The boots and laces were made from liquorice, and Lita Grey recalled that both actors suffered from its inconvenient laxative effects." -David Robinson in "Chaplin: His Life and