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Gladys Hall, Motion Picture, New York, May 1929.

Whether it be in a chair or whether it be in a discussion of art,

particularly that of pictures, Charlie Chaplin‘s position

is more than likely never to be the conventional one. And this

not because of seeking to be different by being simply

contradictory, but because he thinks for himself and sticks to it.

(...) Photo, Motion Picture, May 1929

„The lone prophet“

Editorial content. „Charlie Chaplin Attacks the Talkies

      They Rob The Screen Of Its Three Great Essentials:

      Beauty, Sex-Appeal And Pantomime

      By Gladys Hall

      The Warner Brothers and other Hollywood prophets are

rushing about shouting, like a prophet of old, ,This is the

Way.‘ They refer to the turbulent talkies and never hear them

as the death-rattle in the movie throat.

      Free-lance and contract players are shuddering about,

too, little echoes of the overlords.

      One prophet stands erect, shaking his graying mane and

roaring ,This is not the Way.‘

      The lone prophet is Charlie Chaplin.“ (...)

      Four photos.

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