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Moving Picture World, New York, November 3, 1917.
T. L. Tally of Los Angeles
(...) Photo, Exhibitors Herald, July 14, 1917, detail
& Chaplin Company Buys Five-Acre
Site for Studio
Through the action of the city council in approving the
purchase of a five-acre plot of ground in the Hollywood
district by the Charlie Chaplin company, last week, the motion
picture contingent won another victory over forces
opposed to the industry.
It was only after heated debate, which continued for three
days and during which time the council was split, that
a verdict was finally given in favor of the producers by a vote
of eight to one. The only negative voice was that
of Councilman Conway.
Chaplin‘s property occupies a square block and fronts
on La Brea street. The plot cost $30,000 and it is
planned to expend close to $500,000 for improvements
within the next year. The site will be the home
of the future Chaplin comedies and the star expects to erect
a residence there.
(...) Motography, Nov. 10, 1917
„An honest-to-goodness bungalow home“
Editorial content. „Chaplin‘s New Studio Architectural Gem
Hollywood Opposition Dies When Plans Are
Approved by Council – Will Look Like Bungalow.
T. L. TALLY, prominent theater owner of the Southwest, and
Los Angeles member of the First National Exhibitors‘
Circuit, tells an interesting bit of news about the row which
followed Chaplin‘s application to build his new studios
in Hollywood.
Mr. Tally says: ,The factory type of studio building is no longer welcome in Los Angeles‘ swellest suburb, so when
Chaplin applied for a permit to build there was a howl of protest
from property owners. They had visions of the new
usual board structure and accessories. The agitation against the
new neighbor culminated in a determined committee
to the town council, which promised all sorts of dire things
if the permit were granted.
The meeting was tempestuous until the plans were produced,
passed around for inspection and approved by a vote
of eight councilmen for, to one against. Then the protesting
committee filed out, with their faces showing relief
and satisfaction, for when the million-dollar star‘s new studio
is completed no one will know it from the bungalow
residence of his millionaire neighbors. It is to be a regular
bungalow, thank you, with flowers and lawns and
everything. Of course inside there will be the latest and best
appliances for movie making, but passers-by won‘t
know it from an honest-to-goodness bungalow home except,
perhaps, that it will be a trifle roomier than the average.‘
Mr. Tally is also authority for the statement that Chaplin
is on his way home from Honolulu, and will start work
at once on the first of those ,signature protected‘ comedies.“
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