Autumn / Winter 2008 Programme
We are proud to announce the Autumn / Winter 2008 exhibitions programme for the Bargate Monument Gallery. This season of exhibitions reflects the organisations commitment to supporting emerging artistic talent as well as providing new artists and curators with creative opportunities to present their work.
We play tribute to Southampton’s heritage through our design campaigns, this season… the silent movie!
September 1910, Charlie Chaplin & Arthur Stanley Jefferson, later to become Stan Laurel, set sail from Southampton Docks on the SS Cairnrona to seek their fortunes in America. They landed in Quebec and took a train to New York. What became of these young hopefuls has passed into Hollywood legend. Lesser known however is the disagreement between the two concerning Stan Laurel’s belief that Chaplin stole and popularized his idea of the ‘Tramp’ sketch; the two never spoke again. Disagreements aside, the setting of Southampton Docks provided the departure point for two of the finest exponents of the silent movie genre and two iconic careers destined for immortality on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.