Attached below is a PowerPoint presentation showing the historic settings in Chinatown and the Plaza de Los Angeles where Chaplin filmed his early masterpiece The Kid (1921). The file is about 60MB, and you will need a PowerPoint viewer to watch the show. Most of the slides are animated, so wait a moment each time before clicking the “next” button. You can download a PowerPoint viewer at this site.
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