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Illustrated Films Monthly. London, July 1914
Trampfigur – Man near The Black Lion in Church Street, Chelsea, 1860s, in Gordon Winter, A Cockney Camera, London‘s
Social History Recorded n Photographs, London 1971, detail
& While out at the Elko studio Charlie Winninger. with all
his brilliant and sustaining background, had
so disastrously flopped, at Mack Sennett‘s studio another
Charlie was very busy thinking out stunts that
would make people laugh. For the more people laughed,
the more dollars could Charlie Chaplin add to
the savings for the rainy day, against which, if he ever got
the chance, he would make himself fool-proof. (...)
– in WHEN THE MOVIES WERE YOUNG
By Mrs. D, W. Griffith (Linda Arvidson), New York 1925
„The dog had done it, of course“
Editorial content. „Mabel‘s Strange Predicament
From the Keystone Film
,She ran back. The door of her room was fast closed!
The dog had done it, of course. The spring lock had clicked,
and Mabel was left in the corridor in her night attire.‘
THERE is no doubt at all that Mabel was a pretty girl. (...)
She had got half way across the lounge when
a man, who had been leaning against the bar, barched towards
her, and with what he probably imagined to be a rather
killing smile, said: ,Going out, Miss? Charming‘ evenin‘ for
a walk. Like someone to show you round?‘ Mabel
stopped and looked at the man with withering contempt.
Certainly he was a strange figure. With his shabby,
ill-fitting clothes, unkempt appearance, his bowler hat hanging
nearly on his left ear, his little cane, and his foolish smile,
he looked like a music-hall comedian down on his luck.“ (...)
„She declared that she never was so insulted
in all her life, and that if this was the way ladies were treated
in the hotel she would not stay another day, no, that she
wouldn‘t! One of the hotel servants came up and did his best
to pacify her, but without much success. She walked
off in high Dudgeon, and the servant raised the man from the
floor, and placed him, not too tenderly, in the chair
again. ,Look here, Charles,‘ he said, ,if you can‘t behave
yourself you‘ll be chucked out,d‘ye hear?‘“ (...)
„She picked it up and ran back. The door of her room
was fast closed! The dog had done it, of course. The spring lock
had clicked, and Mabel was left in the corridor in her pyjamas.
Here was a predicament! She could not go downstairs
to ask for a duplicate key. Attired as she was, that was not
to be thought of.“ (...)
„Then round the corner came the man who had spoken
to her in the hall. He still wore that amiable smile,
which became more amiable than ever when he saw her.
He took off his hat with a flourish. ,Good evening,
pretty maiden,‘ he said, with drunken gallantry, replaced
his hat, and advanced with open arms.“
„Mabel was terrified. She looked from the door to the
window, and back again to the door. Then she scrambled under
the bed once more, while the man turned nervously
to meet his wife as she entered the room, closing the door
with a vicious bang. ,And they call this a first-class
hotel,‘ she snapped. ,I never in my life saw such impertinent
officials. The manager is the worst of the lot. And a man
followed me up the stairs, and has been pestering me out in the
corridor. He tried to kiss me. He‘s drunk.‘ ,He must have
been,‘ replied her husband mildly.“ (...)
„The door of the bedroom opened and in walked the
redoubtable Charles. He smiled on the couple, who were too
much amazed to speak, walked over to a chest of drawers,
and began opening one drawer after another.“ (...)
„Charles was pushed aside unceremoniously and
impartially by all parties, but always returned to the fray with
anabated rest.“ (...)
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