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Herbert Howe, Photoplay, New York, November 1925.

Herbert Howe

(...) Photo, Motion Picture, March 1927, detail

& Bernard Shaw removes his carpet slipper

and spanks Hollywood, that flapper of cities. „Conceit is rampant

and good sense is non-existent“

(...) Caricature, Photoplay, Nov. 1925

& By that look in your eye, Georgie Shaw, we know a wise-crack

is coming Marion Davies´ way! But Marion is famous

herself at repartee. Charlie Chaplin, Louis B. Mayer and Clark

Gable are entertaining the celebrated Irish

wit an M-G-M studio luncheon tendered G. B. S.

(...) Photo, Photoplay, June 1933

„Where Mr. Chaplin scores“

Editorial content. „CLOSE-UPS & LONG SHOTS

      Satire, Humor and Some Sense

      By Herbert Howe“ (...)

      „GEORGE BERNARD SHAW recently took off his slipper

and gave Hollywood a sound spanking, whereupon

all the filmsters clutched their sensitive sides and howled

that they weren‘t any worse than other folks.

      ,Conceit is rampant among your film makers,‘

scolded Shaw, ,and good sense is about non-existent.

That is where Mr. Chaplin scores; but Mr. Harold

Lloyd seems so far to be the only rival intelligent enough

to follow the example.‘

      George concluded the trouncing with a few swats

to the effect that film people do not know how to behave

themselves.“ (...)

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