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Speed Kendall, Silver Screen, New York, November 1930.

„A small set, his own company, and quiet“

Editorial content. „Why Chaplin Won‘t Talk

      Would any other actor gamble a million for 

      an ideal?

      By staying silent is Charlie the wisest guy

      in Hollywood or the most foolish?

      By Speed Kendall

      It‘s a little over four years since an iconoclassic

little gadget called the microphone first made its appearance

on a motion picture set.

      Up to that time the screen had produced one authentic

genius, Charlie Chaplin.“ (...)

      „If City Lights fails, I think it will hit Chaplin harder than

anything in his life has ever hit him.“ (...)

      First photo. „Let others talk. Charlie stays silent

or he won‘t play.“

      Second photo. „What Charlie likes – a small set,

his own company, and quiet. A scene from City Lights with

not a word in nine reels.“

      Third photo. „What Charlie hates – blazing lights,

listening mikes, crowds, noise. It‘s killing art, says Charlie,

and not making money.“

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