Cary Grant Connections: Charlie Chaplin

"...he has given pleasure to millions of people..", was Cary Grant's view of Charlie Chaplin.

As a young boy, Archie Leach, loved to watch his idol on Saturday afternoons, at a local cinema, in Castle Street, Bristol.

In 1909, at a local music hall, he saw Chaplin on stage with the Fred Karno troupe. 

Archie was enchanted, and from then on, continued to follow his career.

As Cary Grant, he still idolised Chaplin and in 1963, posed for a number of pictures as his idol.

(Photos by Bert Stern, from Life Magazine, 1963)

But that's not the only Charlie Chaplin connection!

Cary Grant and first wife, Virginia Cherrill

Cary Grant's first wife, Virginia Cherrill, was best known for her role as the blind flower girl in Charlie Chaplin's City Lights.

City Lights (1931)

Cary Grant meeting Charlie Chaplin (circa.1972)