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Williams signed Charlie Chaplin to the first $1 million contract in film history, and launched the careers of independent producers including Louis B. Mayer. Williams left the company in 1927 and founded British National Pictures in London.
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César Ritz was the Swiss hotellier who gave his name to London's Ritz when it opened in 1906 (the Hôtel Ritz Paris existed eight years earlier). In the early 1900s, that surname would become a word in its own right, with 'ritz' 'ritzy' and 'ritzier' entering common parlance, meaning 'high quality, superiority'. The phrase 'puttin(g) on the Ritz' is...
The most famous person to die in The Ritz was former prime minister Margaret Thatcher. She passed away, apparently reading in bed, in a private suite in April 2013. Lesser known Ritz deaths of note include another Conservative, Lord Steinberg, as well as Fred Moore Woolworth — founding MD of the Woolworth's stores in the UK, and by association, the...
The Ritz has its own dedicated magazine. You can read it here. Although if you want a physical copy, you might have to be a guest, or at least buy a cocktail. Speaking of which...
In 1951, the star Tallulah Bankhead rocked up at The Ritz for a press conference. Apparently in 'high spirits', a Time article reportshow Bankhead called for a champagne cocktail, summarily poured it into her size four black suede shoe, cried out "Winston Churchill is my god! I'm just mad about England. I mean Britain..." then took a good slurp. In...
Bankhead is just one of the countless famous names who have dined, drunk and slept at The Ritz. Perhaps the most memorable celebrity guest came in September 1921, when Charlie Chaplin visited from America. He was mobbed by fans outside the hotel, and had to be escorted inside by around 40 policemen. From the balcony of his room, Chaplin began to th...
As Chaplin found out, you can't please all the people all the time. It might still be considered one of London's, and the world's, finest hotels, but some people just refuse to be charmed by The Ritz.
Modern nomads and national film history: the multi-continental career of J. D. Williams. Jill Julius Matthews. In its technology, production, marketing and reception, film has been both modern and global from its very beginnings in the late nineteenth century.
Apr 30, 2002 · Charlie Chaplin's arrival brought unwelcome crowds, but, on the whole, decorum has always reigned at The Ritz. Throughout the 1920s and '30s the hotel was like a club.
Suite Charlie Chaplin. 72 m² / 776 sq. ft. The star of this suite is its cinematic view of Place Vendôme. It's a fabulous wide-screen perspective on the architectural gem that is the royal square. This allows you to take it all in as a single shot, whether lit by daylight or artifice.
Dough and Dynamite is a 1914 American comedy silent film made by Keystone Studios starring Charlie Chaplin . Plot. The story involves Chaplin and Chester Conklin working as waiters at a restaurant. Charlie is especially inept and his comic carelessness enrages the customers.
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J. D. WILLIAMS, 57, FILM PIONEER, DIES; Sponsor of Charlie Chaplin Organized First National Pictures Corp. in 1917. FOUNDED BRITISH CONCERN Signed First $1,000,000"Contract With Screen...
