There is some evidence that Bordeau(x) has a Chaplin connection. I
know nothing about him other than what I've read on IMDB. Can any of
you eagle-eyes out there who are good at facial recognition offer
anything more? Thanks, DT

On Jun 18, 11:50 am, David Totheroh <dtothe... at (no spam) aol.com> wrote:

There is some evidence that Bordeau(x) has a Chaplin connection. I
know nothing about him other than what I've read on IMDB. Can any of
you eagle-eyes out there who are good at facial recognition offer
anything more? Thanks, DT

David:

Are you taking about a connection to Chaplin beyond being in Chaplin's
films? Joe Bordeaux is in many of Chaplin's 1914 Keystones, and I've
seen him in a bit as a Jewish ghetto extra in THE GREAT DICTATOR. In
between that, he appeared in many films up through at least 1940 (but
mostly worked as an assistant director and prop man in Hollywood
(working for Arbuckle--with whom he had a close relationship in the
Teens, Fox Sunshine, Hal Roach, Columbia, Billy West and many other
companies).

Brent Walker

On Jun 18, 12:07 pm, keystonem... at (no spam) gmail.com wrote:



On Jun 18, 11:50 am, David Totheroh <dtothe... at (no spam) aol.com> wrote:

There is some evidence that Bordeau(x) has a Chaplin connection. I
know nothing about him other than what I've read on IMDB. Can any of
you eagle-eyes out there who are good at facial recognition offer
anything more? Thanks, DT

David:

Are you taking about a connection to Chaplin beyond being in Chaplin's
films? Joe Bordeaux is in many of Chaplin's 1914 Keystones, and I've
seen him in a bit as a Jewish ghetto extra in THE GREAT DICTATOR. In
between that, he appeared in many films up through at least 1940 (but
mostly worked as an assistant director and prop man in Hollywood
(working for Arbuckle--with whom he had a close relationship in the
Teens, Fox Sunshine, Hal Roach, Columbia, Billy West and many other
companies).

Brent Walker

Yes, I meant post-Keystone. Sorry, I should have made that more clear.
The info about being a prop man is interesting and maybe significant.
I didn't want to sway responses, but the possible connection I've
heard about relates to Modern Times. Has anyone spotted him there?

Thanks for the info re. Dictator.

On Jun 18, 12:07 pm, keystonem... at (no spam) gmail.com wrote:
On Jun 18, 11:50 am, David Totheroh <dtothe... at (no spam) aol.com> wrote:

There is some evidence that Bordeau(x) has a Chaplin connection. I
know nothing about him other than what I've read on IMDB. Can any of
you eagle-eyes out there who are good at facial recognition offer
anything more? Thanks, DT

David:

Are you taking about a connection to Chaplin beyond being in Chaplin's
films? Joe Bordeaux is in many of Chaplin's 1914 Keystones, and I've
seen him in a bit as a Jewish ghetto extra in THE GREAT DICTATOR. In
between that, he appeared in many films up through at least 1940 (but
mostly worked as an assistant director and prop man in Hollywood
(working for Arbuckle--with whom he had a close relationship in the
Teens, Fox Sunshine, Hal Roach, Columbia, Billy West and many other
companies).

Brent Walker

Yes, I meant post-Keystone. Sorry, I should have made that more clear.
The info about being a prop man is interesting and maybe significant.
I didn't want to sway responses, but the possible connection I've
heard about relates to Modern Times. Has anyone spotted him there?

Thanks for the info re. Dictator.

On Jun 18, 12:34 pm, David Totheroh <dtothe... at (no spam) aol.com> wrote:
On Jun 18, 12:07 pm, keystonem... at (no spam) gmail.com wrote:



On Jun 18, 11:50 am, David Totheroh <dtothe... at (no spam) aol.com> wrote:

There is some evidence that Bordeau(x) has a Chaplin connection. I
know nothing about him other than what I've read on IMDB. Can any of
you eagle-eyes out there who are good at facial recognition offer
anything more? Thanks, DT

David:

Are you taking about a connection to Chaplin beyond being in Chaplin's
films? Joe Bordeaux is in many of Chaplin's 1914 Keystones, and I've
seen him in a bit as a Jewish ghetto extra in THE GREAT DICTATOR. In
between that, he appeared in many films up through at least 1940 (but
mostly worked as an assistant director and prop man in Hollywood
(working for Arbuckle--with whom he had a close relationship in the
Teens, Fox Sunshine, Hal Roach, Columbia, Billy West and many other
companies).

Brent Walker

Yes, I meant post-Keystone. Sorry, I should have made that more clear.
The info about being a prop man is interesting and maybe significant.
I didn't want to sway responses, but the possible connection I've
heard about relates to Modern Times. Has anyone spotted him there?

Thanks for the info re. Dictator.

I haven't watched MODERN TIMES in a while, but I wouldn't be surprised
if Joe made an appearance, or worked on it as a propman. Chaplin
seemed to trust a lot of the people he worked with at Keystone to get
the job done (Chester Conklin and Hank Mann are among those Keystone
alums in MT). Dave "Andy" Anderson was another Keystone vet who worked
as a prop man and assistant director for years (into the early 30's),
and ended up skippering Chaplin's yacht in the 30's.

Brent Walker