Looking for Charlie: Or, the Day the Clown Died

2016 ""

Looking for Charlie: Or, the Day the Clown Died

5.5 | en | Documentary

A documentary which explores the lives and tragic deaths of Marceline Orbes and Francis "Slivers" Oakley, the suicidal clowns who inspired Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton.

5.5 | en | Documentary

Synopsis

A documentary which explores the lives and tragic deaths of Marceline Orbes and Francis "Slivers" Oakley, the suicidal clowns who inspired Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton.

Cast

Charlie Chaplin , Buster Keaton , Mark Cousins

Director

Producted By

Cast

Charlie Chaplin

as Self (archive footage)

[2022] A Possible Future... [2022] Whole Burnt [2021] The Real Charlie Chaplin [2019] Hollywood : la vie rêvée de Lana Turner [2013] Birth of the Tramp [2003] Trip to Bali [2003] Chaplin Today: 'The Kid' [2002] The Tramp and the Dictator [1996] Chaplin's Goliath

Buster Keaton

as Self (archive footage)

[2022] A Possible Future... [2019] Barney's Wall [2018] The Great Buster: A Celebration [2016] Buster Keaton The Shorts Collection 1917-1923 [1966] A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum [1965] How to Stuff a Wild Bikini [1964] Pajama Party [1960] The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn [1960] When Comedy Was King

Mark Cousins

as Self - Interviewee

[2023] The Storms of Jeremy Thomas [2022] The Story of Film: A New Generation [2021] The Flowers the Fish and the Cockerel [2021] Who Is Bill Rebane? [2021] The Story of Looking [2020] 40 Days to Learn Film [2019] 50 Years of the Troubles: A Journey Through Film [2018] The Eyes of Orson Welles [2013] A Story of Children and Film