Chaplin’s World, also Chaplin’s World by Grévin, denotes a museum, opened in the year 2016 in the Swiss village Corsier-sur-Vevey. The museum has been established in the villa Manoir de Ban marked as a historic monument. The mansion served as residence of the British comedian, actor, director and composer Charlie Chaplin during the years 1953 until his demise in December 1977.
History
editCharlie Chaplin, a British citizen, who, beginning 1913, had worked in the USA, travelled to the City of London, Great Britain in September 1952. What had been intended as a trip to Europe resulted in a permanent stay in Europe: The political shift during the McCarthy-Era caused the United States attorney general to revoke his entry-permit, and made re-entry a more difficult matter. [1]
Due to the favorable climate in Switzerland and financial reasons [2] Charlie Chaplin and his family settled in the Swiss village of Corsier-sur-Vevey. In January 1953 the family Chaplin moved into Manoir de Ban, renting it for one month, before buying it. [3]
After Chaplin’s demise in December 1977, his widow Oona O'Neill continued living in that mansion, until her death in the year 1991. His children Eugene und Michael Chaplin remained living in the villa, [4] until later, the house remained uninhabited for years, [5] Already since the year 2000 existed the idea to turn the villa into a Chaplin-museum: Initiators were the Swiss architect Philippe Meylan and the museologist Yves Durand from Québec. [6]
The museum-project was supported by Charlie Chaplin’s heirs and by the Kanton Kantons Waadt. Latter granted a loan of 10 Million Swiss francs.[6]
At the end of 2010 was announced that groundbreaking would take place in spring 2011 and the opening was scheduled two years later, [5] actually the museum was opened at the 16th of April 2016, Charlie Chaplin’s 127th birthday. [7]
The costs totalled 60 Millionen francs, whereby the sponsors originated in Switzerland, Luxembourg and Canada, [4] among them the investment firm Genii Capital. [6]
Museum
editFollowing the intention of Charlie Chaplin’s family, the museum collects documents of his life and presenting them together with scenic, movie-related and virtual stagings. [8]
Thus, there are also to be found over thirty wax figures, designed by Grévin & Cie, of Charlie Chaplin, artists and politicians related to his life. [6] Die Ausstellung ist in zwei Bereiche für Chaplins privates und berufliches Leben aufgeteilt.[8]
Other exhibits are his piano, his violin, his costume from the movie „Tramps“, his Golden Lion, his Oscar awards from 1972 and the one from 1973 for his soundtrack for Limelight. The exhibits were before family- or collector’s-possession, and could be acquired by the museum-foundation. [9]
Weblinks
edit- Website of the museum (french, englisch, german)
References
edit- ^ Robinson, David (1989). Chaplin. Sein Leben, seine Kunst. Zürich: Diogenes. pp. 653–655. ISBN 3-257-01801-1.
{{cite book}}: Check|isbn=value: checksum (help) - ^ Chaplin, Charlie (1977). Die Geschichte meines Lebens. Frankfurt am Main: Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag. p. 445. ISBN 3-436-02438-4.
- ^ Robinson, David (1989). Chaplin. Sein Leben, seine Kunst. Zürich: Diogenes. p. 665. ISBN 3-257-01801-1.
{{cite book}}: Check|isbn=value: checksum (help) - ^ a b Laird, Michèle. "Chaplin-Museum vor der Eröffnung". Retrieved 2016-04-24.
- ^ a b Schneider, Carola. "Ein Museum für Charlie Chaplin". Neue Zürcher Zeitung. Retrieved 2016-04-24.
- ^ a b c d "Die Geschichte eines Traums". Chaplin’s World. Retrieved 2016-04-24.
- ^ Feusi, Alois. "Charlie Chaplin ist reif fürs Museum". Neue Zürcher Zeitung. Retrieved 2016-04-24.
- ^ a b Luba, Arkadiusz. "Schweizer Kultstätte für Filmliebhaber". Deutschlandradio Kultur. Retrieved 2016-04-24.
- ^ Maurus, Hans-Jürgen. "Eine Pilgerstätte für Chaplin-Fans". Deutschlandradio Kultur. Retrieved 2016-04-24.
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