Ellen Cheshire

In 1919 a film version of the hit stage show Lads of the Village lurched into cinemas. The show had been touring the UK for two years...

134 years ago today (in 1889), Charlie Chaplin was a born in South London. 10 years ago (in 2013), I was invited to research and write three chapters for Taschen’s The Charlie Chaplin Archives . The three chapters I wrote covered Chaplin’s childhood, theatre career, his move to Hollywood and first few years there working at Keystone and Essanay, and his signing with Mutual. Little did I know that this commission would lead to so many great opportunities including speaking at

Well the good news is that each 'year' it is getting easier to find films directed by women, on the down side they still only represent a...

Last night, or was it early morning I set my alarm for 0230 in order to do a radio interview with Paul Ross on his Late Late Early Early...

Back in May 2013 I started working on Taschen's The Charlie Chaplin Archives edited by Paul Duncan. This was an amazing project for which I had to trace Chaplin's life from birth through to 1915/16 for the first three chapters of the book which covered his early life/stage career, his first year in Hollywood at Keystone and this second year at Essanay before handing over to other researchers/writers. Following this I have given a number of talk on Chaplin's early career, hi

This month (February 2016) saw the publication of Silent Women: Pioneers of Cinema by Supernova Books. I was thrilled to discover that...

Last year I invested (via kickstarter) in London Symphony, a brand New Silent Film about the Culture and Diversity of London. The...

Recently I've been working on a chapter for Aurora Metro's forthcoming Silent Women: Pioneers of Cinema (exploring women’s contribution...