Ellen Cheshire
Cinemas Near Me: Muswell Hill, East Finchley and Finchley Road
This week’s work trip to London saw me in my old stomping ground of Muswell Hill and East Finchley. Therefore, there was no need to ask...
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Ellen Cheshire
- Apr 16
- 1 min
Happy Brithday Charlie Chaplin
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...
Ellen Cheshire
- Mar 4, 2022
- 2 min
#OTD 1975 Charlie Chaplin was knighted
On the 4 March 1975, a frail 85 year old Charlie Chaplin, became Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin when he was knighted by the Queen at...
Ellen Cheshire
- May 6, 2019
- 1 min
Perfect Night In
Neil Perryman host of podcast Perfect Night In invited me to plan my perfect night of television for his Desert Island Disc-style show......
Ellen Cheshire
- Jan 16, 2019
- 1 min
100 Years on... Lads of the Village: from stage to silent film to court
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 at...
Ellen Cheshire
- Nov 22, 2018
- 1 min
Charlie Chaplin - BBC World Service
Back in May 2013 I started working on Taschen's The Charlie Chaplin Archives edited by Paul Duncan. This was an amazing project for...
Ellen Cheshire
- Feb 27, 2016
- 2 min
Film-making & Husband-stalking!
This month (February 2016) saw the publication of Silent Women: Pioneers of Cinema by Supernova Books. I was thrilled to discover that...
Ellen Cheshire
- May 14, 2015
- 2 min
City Symphonies
Last year I invested (via kickstarter) in London Symphony, a brand New Silent Film about the Culture and Diversity of London. The...
Ellen Cheshire
- May 4, 2015
- 1 min
Not so Silent Women: Films Directed by Women
Recently I've been working on a chapter for Aurora Metro's forthcoming Silent Women: Pioneers of Cinema (exploring women’s contribution...
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