The Pawnshop Clippings 74/99
Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Canada, April 21, 1917.
A scream. Charles Chaplin visits Winnpeg 1911 and
gives with Fred Karno‘s Company „A Night in an English
Music Hall“ at the Empress. – Dominion (Empress) Theatre,
exterior by day, Winnipeg, 1921, Manitoba Archives,
Foote Collection.
Empress (Dominion), 175 Portage Ave. East At Main, Winnipeg.
„The Pawnshop started off along the lines of Easy Street“
Editorial content. „How Chaplin Works Out His Laugh Makers
Comedian Starts With Idea and Thinks as He Films Scenes
Where does Charlie Chaplin get all his ideas? How
does he work them out?“ (...)
Charlie starts out with a certain idea – often the merest germ
– and works through haltingly until he reaches a striking
point. Then a better idea suggests itself and he starts from his
original point and reconstructs the whole picture. Thus,
for example, The Pawnshop started off along the lines of Easy
Street, but the right theme failed at the time to suggest
itself to Chaplin‘s mind and he temporarily shelved the letter,
proceeding with the former instead.“ (...)
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