June 03, 2009
In an article in today’s Calendar section of the Los Angeles Times, 94-year-old actor/director Norman Lloyd discusses his friendship with Charlie Chaplin in honor of LACO’s 20th Anniversary Silent Film Celebration.
Times journalist Susan King writes:
With the 20th annual Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra’s Silent Film Celebration Sunday at UCLA’s Royce Hall presenting Chaplin’s legendary 1925 comedy “The Gold Rush” — including Timothy Brock conducting the orchestra in Chaplin’s original score — who better than Lloyd to talk about what made one of the greatest filmmakers of the 20th century tick.
Lloyd says Chaplin, who died in 1977, wouldn’t be surprised that his films have endured over the decades. “I think he expected it,” says Lloyd. “At one time in the early ’20s, Charlie was the most famous man in the world. Charlie had a wonderful ego.”
Read Lloyd’s anecdotes about Charlie Chaplin at latimes.com , and experience Chaplin’s greatest silent comedy with LACO this Sunday at Royce Hall.