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Hollywood Filmograph, Los Angeles, February 17, 1934.
Charles Chaplin, Rob Wagner, undated,
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& Upton Sinclair, Charles Chaplin, Rob Wagner, circa 1918;
From Rob Leicester Wagner, Hollywood Bohemia:
The Roots of Progressive Politics in Rob Wagner‘s Script,
Santa Maria, California, 2016, Book Cover Detail
& Wagner and sons with Charlie and Sydney
Chaplin on the set of The Adventurer, Los Angeles 1917,
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& Charles Chaplin, Rob Wagner, undated,
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& SCRIPT came into being as much for fun as for
any other reason.
There wasn‘t any village weekly in Beverly Hills,
and Rob Wagner thought that was an adjustable error. So one
day he said to Charlie Chaplin:
„I think I‘ll start a magazine.“
Charlie said:
„That‘s a fine idea. How much money do you want?“
„I don‘t want any money,“ he told Chaplin. „I‘ll
get out an issue and pay the printer, and get out another
and pay the printer again, and by that time I‘ll know
whether it‘ any use going on with the thing. I know the gang
will write for me, and maybe we can all have some
fun out of it.“
The gang wrote for him!
(...) As I See Things by Roberta Hall, Illustrated Daily News,
Los Angeles, Cal., Dec. 27, 1934
& Charlie Chaplin Writes Fantasy For Rob Wagner
HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 17 – (U.P.) – Charles
Chaplin‘s name appeared today for the first time as the
author of a short story which carried into print the fantasy of his
creative works on the screen.
Chaplin‘s literary effort was given gratis to Rob
Wagner, Hollywood critic and raconteur, on the fifth anniversary
of Wagner‘s Script, sophisticated Beverly Hills weekly.
Chaplin‘s story, offered not as a completed effort but as the
outline of a story that „will never be written,“ told of a
scientist who had discovered a genuine cure for all disease.
As the myriads of afflicted flock to his door, the
professor is forced to choose whom he shall treat first. Many
must die before he can consider their cases. Giving
his reasons in whimsical conversation with an assistant, the
professor, „who cares neither for money nor fame,“
chooses poets first.
„Because they (poets) are the source and spring of all
inspiration,“ the professor explains. „They are the
high priests of the soul, who preach the gospel of beauty;
they write the text books of all civilizations and lay
the foundations of our desires.“
(...) Oakland Tribune, Oakland, Cal., Feb. 17, 1934
& Station to Honor Rob Wagner
KFI TO FETE „SCRIPT“ EDITOR
Radio Party Will Hail Fifth Anniversary of Magazine (...)
BY CARROLL NYE
Rob Wagner, headman of the Beverly Hills brain trust,
takes the radio spotlight on KFI at 8:45 p.m. when
the station honors the editor with a radio party celebrating
the fifth anniversary of the birth of his publication
Script.
Charles Chaplin, who blossoms as a writer of fiction
for the first time in the anniversary number, will
come to the microphone during the festivities and other
celebrities on the bill are Lee Tracy, screen star,
and Arthur Jarrett and Kay Thompson, vocalists. Pete
Smith is billed as master of ceremonies and Jose
Rodriguez will direct the program.
(...) Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Cal. Feb. 17, 1934
& HIGHLIGHTS (...)
VARIETIES (...)
8:45 p. m. KFI – Rob Wagner‘s birthday party. Lee
Tracy, Eleanor Holm, Arthur Jarrett, Charlie Chaplin, Pete Smith
and others.
(...) Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Cal. Feb. 17, 1934
& ROB WAGNER, Scenarist and Author
(...) HOLLYWOOD THE ATHENS OF AMERICA,
Screenland, Dec. 1921
& WE are the only people in the world who
estimate beauty in terms of cost.
(...) The Shame of Sleepy Hollywood By Rob Wagner,
Silver Screen, March 30, 1922
„A writer of fiction“
Editorial content. „Congratulations, ,Rob‘!
Charlie Chaplin bursts forth as a writer of fiction
for the first time in the Fifth Anniversary Number of Rob Wagner‘s Script, Beverly Hill‘s intelligentsia circulation in Southern
California, published this week. Chaplin and Wagner are friends
of 20 years‘ standing.“ (...)
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