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Harry C. Carr, Photoplay, New York, April 1916.

London, Oct. 16.

      Although London has been operating under half lights

at night for some time past the Secretary of State

for the Home Department under regulations for the defense

of the realm, has issued additional strictures on the

subject and the town will be still further subdued in the matter

of illumination. From now on, all sky signs, illuminated

lettering and powerful lights of all descriptions used for outside

advertising of for illumination of shop fronts must be

entirely extinguished. The effect is anything but conductive

to the gaiety of the city and this, added to the closing

of all saloons at 11 o‘clock, gives one small opportunity for

late festivities.

(...) Joshua Lowe, London Office,

Variety, Oct. 31, 1914

& The public is beginning to be pretty well „fed up“ with

national anthems. One cannot go to a theatre,

music hall, restaurant or in fact any other public place where

music is discoursed without having to stand up while

four different national anthems are being fiddled. The usual

procedure is to begin with the Russian, then the

Belgian, then the „Marseillaise“ and finally „God Save the

King.“ This consumes several minutes and in a

restaurant is quite long enough for one‘s soup to grow could.

(...) Variety, Nov. 7, 1914

„Chaplinitis is epidemic“

Editorial content.. „Marooned In London

      Anemic english Films cause craze for U.S. Pictures:

      Chaplinitis is epidemic.

      By Harry C. Carr“ (...)

      „The Charley Chaplin fever has suddenly hit

the village and it is the worst attack I ever saw any city have

over anything.“ (...)

      „It all came up over Charley Chaplin. As I say, London

is mad over Chaplin. I saw every musical revue

in London and I didn‘t see one revue that didn‘t have

at least one actor dressed up to take off Charley Chaplin. In one

revue, there was a whole chorus of Chaplins.“

      „On the Strand, every theater that could possibly

grab one was showing one of Chaplin´s old worn

out films. Two rival houses near Charing Cross were showing

By The Sea and The Tramp.“

      „The best house in London, when I left in November,

was advertising as a ,crossing attraction´, Charley Chaplin in Tilly´s Punctured Romance.“

      „And here came the row. The Essanay refused to let

the London managers have the Chaplin films unless they would

take the whole Essanay program.“

Redaktioneller Inhalt. „Chaplintis ist epidemisch.“ Von Harry C.

Carr. Titel: „In London hängen geblieben.“

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