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Washington Herald, Washington, D. C., November 12, 1916.

This is an old picture of Tom Moore‘s Garden Theatre,

Washington, D. C. First National‘s new special

„Back to God‘s Country,“ just closed a record run of two weeks here.

(...) Wid‘s Daily, New York, Oct. 11, 1919

& Garden

Mammoth Triple Feature Show

Charles Chaplin in Behind the Screen (...)

Madeline Celiat in Under the Mask

Extra Mutt and Jeff Cartoon – „Reel Life“

(...) Washington Times, Nov. 19, 1916

& Charlie Chaplin is rejoicing over the fact that for once

in his career as a film comedian he was not the

„goat.“ When „Behind the Screen,“ the photo-comedy

to be shown at the Garden Theater today, was

being filmed, Chaplin had the time of his life. „I certainly

enjoyed the experience,“ he says. „I didn‘t have

to take all the hard knocks. I delivered most of them. And,

believe me, I enjoyed the novelty, especially while

I was knocking people down and walking over their faces.

And the pies! I am ashamed to walk past a bakery,

much less look a pie in the face. We destroyed enough pies

to stock several lunch counters, and none of them

was thrown at me.“

(...) Washington Post,  Nov. 19, 1916

& Garden – „Behind the Screen,“ the newest Charlie Chaplin

film comedy, will be shown today, tomorrow and

Wednesday. Chaplin is not only the star of this camera-comedy;

he wrote and directed it. The scenes are laid in the studios

of the „Flicker Film Corporation,“ where Chaplin is

supposed to be the assistant property man, and a herculean

director, called Goliath, is in charge. Edna, a bashful

country maiden, strolls into the studio, and Chaplin hires her

as his assistant. The development of the pictorial

story shows exactly how things are run in a modern studio.

The spectators see the setting up of a gorgeous

thrown room, an humble kitchen and a barroom. Chaplin,

of course, is pictured a bungling, clumsy stage hand,

who leaves destruction and havoc in his wake. At the end

of the story there is a catch-as-catch-can embrace

between Chaplin and Edna, in which there is registered the stage hand‘s gratitude to the maiden for  saving his life.

(...) Washington Post, Nov. 19, 1916.

      Partly identical with Washington Post,, Nov. 21, 1916.

& Garden – „Behind the Screen.“

      „Behind the Screen,“ the newest Chaplin film comedy,

offers a double appeal. It gives the screen star ample

opportunities to exploit the peculiar brand of humor that has made

him an international celebrity, and it satisfies the curiosity

of film fans to know exactly what happens in a motion picture studio

when a photoplay is being prepared for the screen. Chaplin

capitalized this curiosity when he wrote the scenario of this story

of the studio. The scenes of his new comedy are laid

in the plant of the Flicker Film Company, where Chaplin is the

assistant property man, and a huge person called

„Goliath,“ is the director. „Edna,“ a bashful country maiden, drifts

into the studio and Chaplin hires her as his assistant.

Audiences are kept in a hilarious humor by the bungling, clumsy

methods of the stage hand. At the end of the story

is a fervent embrace between the pretty maiden and the comic

property man, who thanks her in true Burton Green

style for saving his life.

(...) Washington Post, Nov. 21, 1916.

     Partly identical with Washington Post,, Nov. 19, 1916.

„A travesty upon the art of film making“

Editorial content. „Moore‘s Garden – Charles Chaplin.

      Charles Chaplin, the highest salaried funmaker of films, will

head a triple feature program at Moore‘s Garden Theater

Sunday to Wednesday, inclusive, week of November 19, in his

latest photoplay comedy, Behind the Screen. It is a

travesty upon the art of film making and affords Chaplin no end

of chances to corral laughter.“

      Garden Theatre, 423 Ninth Street, Washington D. C.

      Behind the Screen is

      released by Mutual November 13, 1916.

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