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| Moving Picture World, 02-February-1918 |
100 years ago this month, First National was offering rights to book Charlie Chaplin's new "Signature Protected" comedies. Note the signature, which would appear on legitimate posters and movies.
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| Moving Picture World, 09-February-1918 |
Chaplin's new studio was ready to use. "Charlie started work to-day. Will deliver first comedity in usual six weeks." -- Probably didn't happen.
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| Moving Picture World, 16-February-1918 |
Chaplin poses with Sir Harry Lauder, a famous Scottish entertainer. They have traded parts of their costumes.
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| Moving Picture World, 02-February-1918 |
Charlie Chaplin had left Mutual, which was releasing the last of his 12 masterful two-reelers, but Mutual was offering the "Chaplin-Mutual Specials." "There's a barrel of money in the new booking plan..."
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| Moving Picture World, 02-February-1918 |
An ad for Detroit's Madison Theater says "If you think Charlie Chaplin's
previous pictures were funny -- see
this one." "The Adventurer" was the last Chaplin-Mutual Special.
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| Moving Picture World, 02-February-1918 |
Two years after Chaplin left, Essanay continued to re-release a Chaplin film every month.
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| Moving Picture World, 09-February-1918 |
"This is the sixth of Essanay's reissues of Chaplin's early successes."
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| Moving Picture World, 16-February-1918 |
"Charlie Chaplin in The Films That Made Him Famous."
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| Motion Picture Magazine, February, 1918 |
"...a really handsome, charming young man."
My Nana had a porcelain tankard with the 3D face of Harry Lauder that fascinated me as a kid.
ReplyDeleteGrandparents always seem to have something like that to fascinate the grandkids.
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