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Charlie Chaplin films at Niles
1912
Niles district, Fremont, California
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Before Hollywood settled the question, a Chicago studio shot westerns in this canyon because the light was good and the hills looked like anywhere. Chaplin came west in 1915 and made five films here, including The Tramp. Broncho Billy Anderson turned out shorts at a rate of one a week, using the same canyon mouth for every ambush.
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