The Pawnshop Clippings 67/99
Guardian, Manchester, England, February 5, 1917.
Frontage of Deansgate Picture House (on right side), Manchester,
England, 1914, Cinema Treasures
& THE SOMME PICTURES.
To the Editor of The Times.
Sir, – I am amazed at the objections raised to the Somme
pictures. They are a most wise as well as a vivid
exponent of the war. May I give my own experience? On the
second afternoon of their showing I went to the
Pavilion at the Marble-arch. By 2.15 the big hall was packed
(they were shown at 2.30). The first item was on
the programme was a short and excellent film, also of war
actualities. Then, when the band had played ,Land
of Hope and Glory,‘ came the Somme pictures. The effect was
wonderful. You could feel that the immense audience
understood, as it had never done before, all that was being
risked and suffered for us, and that its heart went
out in gratitude and admiration. In the marching and lighter
scenes there were vigorous cheers, at the end more
and more cheers; the National anthem followed, and at the
first notes we sprang to our feet not only in honour
of the King, but of the courage, the magnificence, of the men
to whom we had suddenly felt so near. As for being
painful – are we afraid of knowing, of seeing, what they are
not afraid of doing for every one of us? After ,God
Save the King‘ came a long, extremely well-done film
of a celebrated play, with a popular actor and
a beautiful actress in the chief parts. At any other time
it would have interested, but the Somme pictures
killed it. The audience suffered it in absolute silence, save when
from the back of the house there came six or eight
distinct hisses. People did not want that sort of thing after
realizing the life-and-death struggle of their country.
If Charlie Chaplin and his vulgarities had appeared, I believe
they would have got up and walked out.“ (...)
„I am, Sir, yours,
Waltham Cross, Sept. 4. LUCY CLIFFORD.“
(...) London Times, Sept. 6, 1916
& MERCY WORKERS IN WAR DOING GREAT SERVICE
All Countries Striving to Improve Conditions
Surrounding Wounded.
WORK OF AMERICANS LAUDED
Motor Ambulance Service
Does Invaluable Work in Transporting Wounded Soldiers –
French People Touched by Volunteer Work
of Americans.
London. – To no one race in this war belongs exclusively
the work of mercy. France, Russia, England, Germany
and Austria have each striven hard to improve the conditions
surrounding the wounded in their armies. (...)
So far as Great Britain is concerned, the motor ambulance
service owes its existence and its triumph to Lord
Derby‘s brother, Hon. Arthur Stanley, M. P., chairman of the
British Red Cross society, and also to the Royal
Automobile club. Soon after the outbreak of war, in September,
1914, Mr. Stanley, quick to see the possibilities of the
motor ambulance, was given a permit to send one or two out
to the front by the late Lord Kitchener. (...)
„Up to the present,“ said Mr. Stanley, „we have collected
over $20,000,000 for the Red Cross and St. John‘s
Ambulance society. The money comes in at the rate of about
$5,000,000 every six months. This shows the public
appreciation of the work. Our support comes from all sections
of society.“
„As an instance of the diversity of our work, it may
be interesting to note that we arranged the other
day to send motor boats to Mesopotamia and ,Charlie Chaplin‘
films to Malta, this latter for the amusement of the
convalescent soldiers!“
(...) Chatham Record, Pittsboro, North Carolina, Sept. 6, 1916
„A Screaming Burlesque“
Advertisement. „THE DEANSGATE PICTURE-HOUSE“ (...)
„Charlie Chaplin
,IN A PAWNSHOP.‘
A Screaming Burlesque.“ (...)
Deansgate Theatre, 68-74 Deansgate, Manchester.
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