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Motion Picture, New York, March 1920.

CHAPLIN‘S SENSATION IMMINENT (...)

      It is not the first time that Chaplin made a feature

length picture. The length of „Shoulder Arms“

when completed, was five reels. But First National

refused to accept it at Charley‘s valuation,

said to have been a quarter of a million dollars, so great

gobs of it were cut out and it was reduced

to three reels.

(...) Jay Balfour, Exhibitors Herald, March 20, 1920

„Shoulder Arms was a masterpiece“

Editorial content. „Dialog Imaginary

      Jack the Giant Killer and Miss E. Lectric Fan“ (...)

      Miss McC. – I wanted to find out why you are

so opposed to comedies – I just love ‘em!

      JACK – I‘m not opposed to comedies. I just love ‘em,

too. Tell me where there is one to be shown and

I‘ll be there as soon as the doors are open this afternoon.

      MISS McC. – Why, there‘s a Keystone comedy

at the Knickerbocker, and a dandy Sunshine comedy at the

Strand.

      JACK – Horrors! Do you call them comedies?

      MISS McC. – Sure, dont you? No? Then

what do you call them?

      JACK – I dont call them. They dont deserve to be called.

They are simply idiotic absurdities intended for

low-brows who haven‘t the intelligence to appreciate

real wit and humor.

      Miss McC. – And would you say that of Chaplin?

      JACK – No, Chaplin is an artist – sometimes,

not always, but sometimes. The last of his I saw quite

smelly. Shoulder Arms was a masterpiece.“ (...)

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