Charlie Chaplin/The Great Dictator, 1940

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Charlie Chaplin/The Great Dictator, 1940
A rare prop moustache used by Chaplin in The Great Dictator, 1940, the small piece of dark brown 'hair' glued to a piece of paper, signed and inscribed in black crayon To Maurice [Bessy] - thank you for your book - merci! Charlie Chaplin, Sept. 1946, the moustache -- 1½x1¼in. (3.8x3.2cm.), sheet of paper -- 6x8in. (15.2x20.2cm.), framed

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CHAPLIN, Charles From Breakfast to Bedtime, 1932
DOGSON BOWMAN,W Charles Chaplin: His Life and Art quoted in Leeds Mercury, May 23rd, 1931

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See footnote to Lot 70

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Chaplin's trimmed moustache was a key element of his famous Tramp costume. In an interview he said of his famous guise ...I wanted to create a satire on man. The cane stood for man's attempt at dignity, the moustache for his vanity, and the boots for the cares that hamper him....

Maurice Bessy co-wrote with Robert Florey Monsieur Chaplin, ou le rire dans la nuit, Jacques Damase, Paris: 1952, the book to which Chaplin possibly refers in his dedication.