The Fireman Clippings 1/42
Moving Picture World, New York, May 27, 1916.
The Fireman Scenes
„A number of unusually sensational scenes“
Editorial content. „,The Fireman,‘ Second Chaplin-Mutual.
Work on The Fireman, second of the Chaplin-Mutual
comedies, which goes to the public June 12, is rapidly nearing
completion at the Los Angeles studios. With but one
or two exceptions, all the exterior scenes have been taken.
The film, it is expected, will be ready for the cutting
room within the next two weeks.
Departing from is usual mode of procedure, Chaplin has
worked into this production a number of unusually
sensational scenes, which have been filmed on an elaborate
scale.“ (...)
Photo. Scene from The Fireman (Mutual).
Redaktioneller Inhalt
Alan Nevins & Henry Steele Commager, The Pocket History
of the United States, New York 1942: „In the presidential elections
of 1916 Wilson was successful, largely because he had ,kept
us out of war.‘“
He Kept Us out of War. That´s his campaign slogan.
The fighting in Europe dominates the campaign. Woodrow Wilson campaigns for re-election on a pledge of continued neutrality
in the World War One
Election night is on November 7, 1916. The electoral vote
is one of the closest in American history – with 266 votes needed
to win, Wilson takes 30 states for 277 electoral votes, while
Hughes wins 18 states and 254 electoral votes.
After the sinking of seven U.S. merchant ships by submarines
and the publication of the Zimmerman telegram, Wilson
calls for war on Germany, which the U.S. Congress declares
on April 6, 1917.
Am 28. Juli 1914 hat der Erste Weltkrieg begonnen –
„the european war“ wird er oft in amerikanischen Zeitungen
vorerst noch genannt. Am 7. November 1916 gewinnt
US-Präsident Wilson die Wiederwahl. Sein Slogan –
He kept us out of war – ist erfolgreich. Am 6. April 1917 ruft
Wilson aber zum Krieg gegen Deutschland auf.
