Leading Ladies has published their first book called The Sea Gull. The book features Edna Purviance and about the lost Charlie Chaplin film production directed by Josef von Sternberg. The full color printed book features a special gallery with over 50 never before seen stills from the film, along with original film narrative.

Learn more at ednapurviance.com.
Reviews and Comments about The Sea Gull

Linda Wada Website Manager. Hosting Leading Ladies special Edna shop.

Created by Linda Wada and Dominique Dugros, this is ednapurviance.org translated into French! This site will have a special section which will have rarely seen French articles from the collection of Dominique Dugros. As ednapurviance.org grows, so will Edna Purviance's French Language site! Bienvenue!

Linda Wada Website Manager. Dominique Dugros and Linda Wada creators of this site.

This is a great site to see many of your favorite silent stars. The photo galleries on this site called Ladies and Gents show a wonderful collection of old photos from the Silent Era

There is a terrific Edna Purviance gallery as well as Charlies Chaplin galleries, which I have to say I have visited many times. The gallery is well organized and makes it easy to find your favorite star. There are 172 top silent stars and much more!

David B. Pearson-Website Manager and creator of this site.

This is the official site of Charlie Chaplin. Set up by the Chaplin Family, this site is aimed at protecting the image and moral rights of Charles Chaplin and his work. If you plan any use of the images of Charlie Chaplin, this is the site to contact.

CharlieChaplin.com also has listings of Chaplin events and live performances.

Charlie Chaplin.com is authorized and sponsored by Roy Export Company and Bubbles Inc. S.A.
The names of Charlie Chaplin films are protected under Roy Export Company and Bubbles Inc. S.A.

This is the official site of Charlie Chaplin Archive, the official site of Cinema's most universal man. The Archives is connected with Cineteca del Comume di Bologna and the Association of Chaplin. Large online catalogue including film scripts, sketches, set drawing, manuscripts, photos and much more!

Cineteca del Comune di Bologna - charliechaplinarchives.org

Chaplin lives on with this very informative website launched my Dr. Lisa Stein! Created by Lisa, she includes pages of never-published photos, obscure articles from fan magazines and other more reputable sources. It includes Chaplin's tours of LA, London and other cities he frequented. Plus current photos from recent Chaplin related travels.

Lisa Stein - Creator of 'The Little Fellow' and currently working on biography on Syd Chaplin.

This innovative site explores many of the former film locations of Chaplin's films in Southern California and the San Francisco Bay area. But it is not limited to film locations. The site includes stories, photos and videos on studio locations, birth homes of Chaplin and even Edna Purviance.

Entertaining videos recreate Charlie's films in today world. There are also videos about Edna's and Charlie's hometowns. This is the site where I discovered that Edna was born in a town just a few hours from mine.

Gerald Smith- Website Manager and the Chaplin enthusiast behind this site.

Out of France comes this inside look at Chaplin's Keystone Years! La Naissance De Charlot created by Thierry George Mathieu, is a fasnating magazine. Produced in France, it covers Chaplin's Keystone year between December 1913 and December 1914. Chaplin made and/or starred in 35 films during that period. This is one of the most complete study of the films during that period. The website has many interesting photos from Keystone as well!

http://www.chaplin-at-keystone.com/
Création du site Thierry G.MATHIEU, Conception et développement Bounader Informatique, Réalisation Graphique Patrick PÉTEL

Excellent over all source about silent films! From silent films to silent stars, to what is available from books to DVD releases, this is the silent film headquarters on the web.

Interested in other silent films, silent stars or events? Check out Silent Era links page:

http://www.silentera.com/info/sitelinks.html
The Star Soubrette - Edna Purviance by John Blackwood
http://www.silentera.com/archive/photoplay/1915/1215/1215-42.html

Bernd Kunze is the creator and Chaplin Enthusist of this wonderful site out of Germany. With many rare Chaplin photos, toy collections, record collections, stamps and much more, it makes for a very interesting visit even if you can't read German!

And if you have an interest in Chaplin Stamps, check out Bernd site for a list of over 200 Chaplin Stamps from around the world! Also his newly update book list!

http://www.b-kunze.de/chaplin/chaplin.htm
Bernd Kunze - Website creator and manager

The Hollywood Time Machine has an interesting selection of articles including photos from Hollywood's golden silent era. More to come! Click on link to read an colorful 1920's article that was written on Edna by Carlyle Robinson, Chaplin's studio press agent.

http://www.hollywoodtimemachine.com/edna.htm
Mark Jungheim -Website creator and manager

The Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum was created to preserve the history of silent film making in Niles, California and at Essanay Studios. This was the town Edna Purviance first started her film career with the making of 'A Night Out' with Charlie Chaplin. The site includes some history on the area and the mission for a future musuem

To learn more about the history of Essanay Studios, check out David Kiehn book Broncho Billy and the Essanay Film Company. It has an interesting history on the studio and a section on Charlie Chaplin while working at Essanay.

Check the museum website for more information.

Read the original article that introduced Edna Purviance to many people who didn't know Edna as Charlie Chaplin's leading lady. David Toll, the author of 'The Complete Nevada Traveler', first published his 'Edna Purviance - Nevada's Forgotten Movie Star' in 'Nevada Magazine' in December 1994. Since then, it has been read around the world via the internet.

David has written for many newspapers and is well known for his work for 'Nevada Magazine', for the past 30 years. And if you are planning a trip to Nevada, check out 'Nevada Travel Network'. It includes place to dine and stay on your next Nevada adventure!

June 2004 Travel Report - Thanks David!

David Toll - Edna Purviance - Nevada's Forgotten Movie Star
The site is part of the Nevada Web network.

Great Charlie and Edna shopping from your desktop! Check it out, especially if you are visiting this website from the UK!

Garen Ewing - website manager and creator

The Humboldt County Museum is located just off Interstate 80 in Winnemucca, Nevada. You will learn about the rich history from the early days of the fur hunters, to the travels of the wagon trains (the Donner Party passed right by this area) and the history of the first US transcontinental railroad. You will find a small collection on Edna Purviance. This is just one place to start your visit to Paradise Valley.

For more information, check the web under Humboldt County Museum, Winnemucca, Nevada.
The historian photos in ednapurviance.org site were used with perimission of the museum.

Silent film and Rudolph Valentino fan Donna Hill, has an iTunes podcast called 'STOLE MOMENTS'.

While the program does focus on Valentino, Hill has expanded the program to include interviews like with Kevin Brownlow and Patrick Stanbury (with Photoplay Productions), author David Kiehn (about the Niles Film Festival), The Buster Keaton Convention, with more shows in the works.

Follow the links to learn more about this great program started by Donna Hill.
Stolen Moments: Blog Program Information | Podcast Home Page | More

Donna Hill - Creator and Webmaster

Edna's Place - Blog Home for ednapurviance.org

One year and still going! Edna's Place is in her second year thanks to all the readers out there. It has the latest information and comment section. You can visit at this link.

Contact -

This site started as a simple letter to Chaplin Society Chairman Stephen Burstin about my trip to Paradise Valley. It has taken many forms but with the encouragement (and continued support) from former Chaplin Society website Manager Garen Ewing, Dominique Dugros and my husband, Wes Wada, it is now ednapurviance.org.

I want this site to be a place to learn more about Edna, her family life in Nevada and learn how this girl from The Great Basin became Charlie Chaplin's most enduring and endearing leading lady. And how she captured Chaplin, as well.

This is my first website and have been making many changes and adding new links since Edna was launched in November 2001. Watch for many more changes in the years to come. So enjoy today and come back tomorrow!

Linda Wada- Website manager - Chaplin Society member - Edna and Charlie enthusiast. You can contact Linda Wada or to report broken links at