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Moving Picture World, 18-March-1922 |
Chaplin was pushing to fulfill his First National contract so he could begin producing for United Artists. I like this image from "Pay Day," which would prove to be Chaplin's last two reel film.
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Great Falls Tribune, 18-March-1922 |
The image in this ad must have been based on the photo in the previous ad for "Pay Day."
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Moving Picture World, 11-March-1922 |
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Exhibitors Herald, 18-March-1922 |
First National advertised "Pay Day" on the cover of The Exhibitor's Herald.
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New Ulm Review, 22-March-1922 |
Chaplin's previous short film, "The Idle Class," was still in release.
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Moving Picture World, 04-March-1922 |
A theater owner in Nova Scotia assembled this curious vehicle to advertise a showing of "The Idle Class."
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Exhibitors Herald, 25-March-1922 |
Chaplin did not object when Billy West imitated him, but he sued an actor named Charles Amador, who used the name Charlie Aplin and made movies that closely imitated Chaplin's.
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Moving Picture World, 25-March-1922 |
Billy West had already given up his Chaplin imitation and was making comedies using his own character.
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