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Chaplin at Karno´s, USA/Canada Clippings 284/286

Variety, New York, January 23, 1914.

& Hal Roach presents Stan Laurel Comedies

(...) Drawing, Motion Picture News, Sept. 1, 1923, detail

& I first met Charlie Chaplin in 1909 when

I joined the Fred Karno Co. in Manchester, England.

I later becAme his ,Understudy‘, & came to the States in 1910

in a Karno Show A Night in an English Music Hall,

we played in Vaudeville together till 1913. when he joined the

Mack Sennett Keystone Films – most of the

company returned to England but I remained here with a couple

of the members & continued touring the Country

in Vaudeville, in 1917, I first appeared in films finally quitting

the Stage for the screen.

(...) Stan Laurel, letter, October 6, 1964, Stan Laurel

Correspondence Archive Project

& Mary Pickford and Warren Kerrigan in Camera Ball

MOVIE CAMERA MEN TO STAGE BALL

(...) Two photos, Los Angeles Herald, Dec. 24, 1913

& PHOTO PLAYERS WILL GIVE GRAND BALL

Gorgeously gowned and beautiful women, stars of the motion

profession, will pit their charms against gracious

and handsome men of the screen in an effort to outdo them

in entertaining Angelenos the night of February 14

at Shrine auditorium. (...)

It was decided at one that the picture folk would congregate

at their clubrooms New Year‘s eve and go in a body

to Shrine auditorium, marching around the hall, led by their

president, Fred Mace.

(...) Los Angeles Herald, Dec. 20, 1913

& New Year‘s Eve Festival

      HOTEL ALEXANDRIA

      The UNUSUALLY HEAVY DEMAND for tables for

NEW YEAR‘S EVE has exhausted the entire

space of the MISSION INDIAN GRILL and only a few tables

remain in the GRAND SALON unreserved.

      To relieve this unprecedented congestion the management

have decided to open the MAGNIFICENT BALL ROOM

on the mezzanine floor and conduct a NEW YEAR‘S SUPPER

DANCE for which reservations can now be made.

(...) Los Angeles Herald, Dec. 15, 1913

& Elmer McGovern, publicity manager for the Keystone Co.,

takes exception to the statement that Mayme Kelso

is the first woman movie director. Mabel Normand has been

directing, he says, in the Keystone studios for two

months, while Miss Kelso‘s position in the director‘s chair

is of only a few weeks standing.

(..) Variety, Jan. 23, 1914

„The Los Angeles Times linotype room“

Editorial content. „The Los Angeles Times linotype room

is in a new Keystone, shortly to be released.“

      That‘s the way Charles Chaplin‘s first Keystone comedy,

      Making a Living, is announced.

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