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Guardian, Manchester, England, September 12, 1921.

I SALUTE EUROPE!

(...) Photo in MY TRIP ABROAD By CHARLIE CHAPLIN,

New York, 1922

& Charlie Chaplin arrive en Angleterre, 1921,

Photographie de presse, Agence Rol

& Charles Chaplin being interviewed at the Ritz Hotel,

London,1921

„Frankly, I should not have recognized him“

Editorial content. „Charlie Chaplin IN ENGLAND.

      MOBBED BY HERO WORSHIPPERS.

      INTENTION OF VISITING MANCHESTER.

      Sad Story Of The Man Who Came For A Rest.

      (From our Special Correspondent.)

                                                             Southampton, Saturday.

      ,The Mayor is waiting.‘ We all heard the whispered

message, and Mr. Chaplin seized his black bowler hat and his

crook-handled walking-stick and made for the door.

He had been holding a reception in his stateroom on the

Olympic, a jolly, informal reception. He waited for

no introductions. Seeing a face in the doorway he cheerily

called ,Come right in,‘ and greeted the stranger with

as hearty a handshake as the known friend.

      I stood aside and watched his easy way. He did not pose.

He was delightfully natural and free. Strangers betrayed

by their hesitancy a doubt as to whether this dapper little man

of simple manner were really the man they had come

to see. ,Mr. Chaplin‘ was so unlike the picture of ,Charlie

Chaplin‘ photographed in the memory. Frankly,

I should not have recognized him. The absence of moustache

and make-up effect such a difference.“ (...)

    

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