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Picture-Play, New York, March 1919.

Amusing Scene from „The Chauffeur“ (Bull‘s

Eye), a Billy West Comedy

(...) Moving Picture World, March 1, 1919

& It‘s a pity Billy West is allowed to copy

Charley Chaplin‘s business and tricks in pictures. He may

be proud to be known as the fellow who does

Charley Chaplin‘s stuff. In „Ship Ahoy“ much of the business

from the dugout scenes in „Shoulder Arms“ is used,

rain storm, wringing out water soaked pillow, scratching

back, etc., with all the freedom in the world.

(...) Variety, Feb. 28, 1919

& Manager Walter F. Davis, of the Herrold Theatre, Herrold,

Iowa, has discovered something new concerning

„Shoulder Arms.“ And an army officer saved the day.

      „Maybe the boys at Camp Dodge were not

anxious to see Charlie Chaplin in ,Shoulder Arms,‘“ he writes

to Manager C. F. Holah, of the A. H. Blank Enterprises,

Omaha, Neb. „When the ticket maid and I came down at the

advertised hour – 1:30 – for the matinee, Saturday

afternoon, there was such a mob waiting for the box office

to open that we could not get through.

      „Now, I don‘t know whether we should have universal

training or not, but military discipline saved the day for

me. An officer standing by saw my predicament and came to my

rescue. He called the men to Attention, lined them up two

abreast, and just for curiosity we counted them and there were

740 in line. I claim this is some record for a line–up.“

      Manager Davis said he made enough in one day, showing „Shoulder Arms,“ to pay for the picture for the rest of the

week‘s showing.

(...) Moving Picture World, March 1, 1919

& The Comedies.

      NO division of films presents more interesting problems

– problems demanding immediate solution – than

the section whose sole business is to make us laugh. (...)

      One man has convinced the whole producing

world that its film farce theories are wrong. This man

is Charles Chaplin.

(...) CLOSE-UPS, Photoplay, March 1919

„Why don‘t you pay some attention to the war?“

Editorial content. „The Observer

      Authoritative editorials on matters of the screen

      that are of interest to everyone.“ (...)

      „The Subtitle

      A PRODUCER boasts of a picture that contains only

six subtitles. Why boast? We wanted to see this

particular show until we heard that it was all pantomime.

      The moving picture is not pantomime. The

subtitle is a big part of the show, and the producer who thinks

it isn‘t is on his way to the oblivion that now shelters

Biograph and Edison and a few other companies who thought

wrong about other things.

      One of the funniest things in Charlie Chaplin‘s

Shoulder Arms was a subtitle – „Why don‘t you

pay some attention to the war?“ which was the kaiser‘s

petulant plea to the crown prince.“ (...)

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