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Independence Won: First National

At the studio, Chaplin receives a visit from Max Linder

Representatives of First National are presented with their first Chaplin film for release. Distribution executive Sol Lesser receives the print from Charles Chaplin while Chaplin Studio head Alf Reeves holds the cheque. Syd Chaplin stands on the right

'Faithfully Chas Chaplin' - A Chaplin Studios postcard

Charles Chaplin and Max Linder

Rollie Totheroh stands aside as Charles Chaplin shows the workings of the camera to Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford

Chaplin's footprints outside the new Chaplin Studios, 1918.

Charlie Chaplin's rented home in Hollywood California

Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford and Charles Chaplin during the liberty Bond tour of 1919

Charlie Chaplin and Alla Nazimova in September 1919. During the divorce proceedings with Mildred Harris in 1920 Chaplin claimed that his wife had had an affair with Nazimova

First National representatives visit the Chaplin Studio. Alf Reeves, who managed the 1910 Karno tour that brought Chaplin to America, is second from right

Chaplin stands in front of the house he was having built in the Pickfair neighbourhood of Beverly Hills, CA (c.1922)

The Chaplin Studio c.1922

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