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Wilbur Morse, Jr., New Movie, New York, June 1931.

Cheerio, Lunnon! Chaplin, with an unfamiliar hat and cane,

grins his gladness to be ‘ome (...) Thousands were

on hand to clap hands when „Chollie“ left the station, seated

in the tonneau of a car (...) Lady Astor, American-born,

invited the boy from the slums to lunch – and afterward they

had their pictures taken. They are flanked by Amy

Johnson, the famous aviatrix, and George Bernard Shaw

(...) When Charlie arrived at Paddington Station,

he was affectionately mobbed. It looked to him like a riot (...)

When Charlie accepted Premier Ramsay MacDonald‘s

invitation to Chequers, the Premier met him at the gate, and

together they fled  the photographers. Charlie

delighted the Communists by napping during his visit.

The Laborites said the Premier also slept

(...) It was in this modest dwelling, still standing on Kennington

Road, London. that Charles Spencer Chaplin

first made anybody smile. The date was April 16, 1899

(...) LONDON Claps Hands for CHAPLIN By Walter C. K. Vantine

Motion Picture, June 1931

„Home“

Editorial content. „Chaplin Goes Home

      What Happened When the Great Comedian

      Climbed the Rickety London Tenement Stairs to the Room

      That Once Was Home

      By Wilbur Morse, Jr.“ (...)

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