Geraldine Chaplin: The first child of actor/director Charlie Chaplin.

Geraldine Chaplin, the first child of actor/director Charlie Chaplin and Oona O'Neill. Chaplin was educated in Switzerland where she learned French and Spanish, which she used in some of her performances in films directed by Carlos Saura, her former husband.

When Chaplin was eight years old, she performed uncredited in her father's film Limelight. When her dream of becoming a ballet dancer ended, she went into the acting profession. She landed the main role in the film, Doctor Zhivago (1965). During the 1970s she performed in several of Robert Altman's films. She also performed in nine movies directed by Carlos Saura, including Cría cuervos (1976), Elisa, vida mía (1977), and Mama Turns a Hundred (1979). She played the role of her grandmother Hannah Chaplin in the biographical film about her father, Chaplin.

The Age of Innocence(1993). They dared to break the rules.

The Age of Innocence (1993). Director: Martin Scorsese. Cast: Daniel-Day-Lewis and Michelle Pfeiffer and Winona Ryder. It is from the book of the same name. The film won an Academe Award for Best Costume Design.

THE AGE OF INNOCENCE is my favorite Martin Scorsese film. And the film that got me hooked on "Period Films". The story is about Newland Archer an affluent New York lawyer of the 1870s, engaged to May Welland, a beautiful socialite. Newland begins to question the life he has planned for himself after the arrival of May’s cousin, the sophisticated Countess Ellen Olenska . Ellen wants a divorce from her abusive husband, a Polish count, which has made her a social outcast. Her family is concerned that her divorce will give the family a bad name. As Newland love grows for Ellen, he convinces her not to go forward with the divorce. He becomes disappointed with society and the idea of entering into a loveless marriage with May. He struggles with whether he will follow his family's wishes, or follow his own heart.

I was amazed at the wonderful attention to details Martin Scorsese showed in the film. I thought it was amazing how he brought out the hidden emotion of his characters. One of my favorite scenes is when Newland Archer (Daniel Day-Lewis) waits for the Countess Olenska at her home, looking at the paintings on the wall, and her small collection of treasures from around the world. Through what he sees and what he touches he sees the Countess in his mind. Then we hear the arrival of a carriage, he still seems to be under her spell.((((sigh))) I love this movie.

I loved all the beautiful 1870’s Victorian costumes. Filmed in New York, with a few scenes in St. Augustine (Florida) and Paris.

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