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Moving Picture World, New York, September 14, 1918.

World War One, In East Prussia – Russian Prisoners, 1910s,

Bain Collection, Library of Congress

& BUDDIES

Attention!

Charlie Chaplin Is At The GRECIAN TODAY

in His New Triumph of The Trenches

„Shoulder Arms“

And Comrades! It‘s His Greatest Ever! (...)

GRECIAN

(...) El Paso Times, El Paso, Texas, Nov. 9, 1918

„A Rare Experience, This.“

Editorial content. „Balsdon Shows Chaplin To Natives

      In Home Letter Film Man Tells Interesting

      Experiences Exhibiting Back of the Lines“ (...)

      Photo. „George Balsdon Serving Y. M. C. A. ,Over There.‘

      Mr. Balsdon in foreground, Mr. McCord at the wheel;

      Chico MacDonald on the trailer.“

      „A Rare Experiment, This.

      Passing through a tiny farm village the other night about

8:30 we were pulling a heavy trailer loaded with

a Delco gas electric generator, and with our own car loaded

with moving picture apparatus. We got a puncture

and the villagers all turned out to see if they could help us,

and were very kind in their offers of assistance,

but we hooked up a wire to our batteries and fixed the puncture,

and being tired after a long journey we decided

to stay there over night. Most of them had never seen a motion

picture, so we decided to give them a treat in return

for their kindness to us. We set up a machine in a big barn

and while doing so every one went out and hunted

up ,ma‘ and ,pa,‘ and I believe we had 90 per cent of the

villagers there. I never saw such an enthusiastic

audience, although it was some ,smelly‘ place and had not

been cleaned for a week, yet they stood around

and sat in mangers and hayracks. We happened to have

a Charlie Chaplin reel, then they went wild; such

laughter! It was good to hear, as many who were there had

great sorrow from loss of son, husband, or father

(as their black clothes testified), and a good laugh was

a magic tonic to them. It was an event to them,

and we have passed through the village since then and they

recognized the car, as we are the ,Bon Americains.‘“ (...)

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