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L. O. Parsons, Sacramento Bee, Sacramento, Cal. Oct. 11, 1938.
Charlie Chaplin
(...) Photo, Boston Globe, Boston, Massachusetts, Nov. 1, 1938
& If Charlie Chaplin does get around to making that
political satire about the Jew who resembles and is mistaken
for a certain dictator, he will not be able to release it.
Political satires are taboo, by order of the Hays office. I am
inclined to believe that Charlie‘s talk is mere
table-chatter. Besides, by the time he actually makes his
next picture, who knows what condition the world
will be in? His subject might be as old-fashioned as the
drinking debutante.
(...) GADABOUT In Hollywood By SHEILA GRAHAM, Boston
Globe, Boston, Massachusetts, Nov. 1, 1938
& The News Reel Theater on B‘way is described as the cradle
of movie booing, dating from the Roosevelt-Landon
campaign, and nourished by the rantings of Il Doochay and
Adolf Chaplin.
(...) Walter Winchell ...on BROADWAY (Copyright, 1938, Daily Mirror), Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati, Ohio, Sept. 20, 1938
& CHARLIE CHAPLIN told a group at the Beverly Hills Brown
Derby that he is writing a story in which he will play
a lone Jew in a certain concentration camp. He tries very hard
to be exceptionally nice to everyone, and when mending
a uniform for a Nazi officer, Chaplin has to put it on. He walks
out of the camp in the uniform, everyone salutes him
and part of the army follows him. . . .
(...) Sidney Skolsky presents... The Gossipel Truth,
Hollywood Citizen News, Hollywood, Cal., Oct. 3, 1938
& Hitler Caricature Is Dropped by Chaplin
FILM INSTEAD IS EXPECTED TO PORTRAY
FAKE DICTATOR
By Louella O. Parsons
Motion Picture Editor International News Service.
Copyright, 1938, By International News Service.
HollywooD, Nov. 30. – Burlesquing Adolf Hitler
is not as simple as it would seem, with Germany
standing ready with reprisals against the Jews on the slightest
provocation. Charlie Chaplin wasn‘t worried when
the German consul tactfully suggested that it might not
be a good idea to caricature the mustached
dictator in his next comedy. But now that some of the
prominent Jews in this country have expressed
the fear that their poor oppressed people now living
in Germany might suffer – well, it‘s a different
matter.
Charlie has worked very hard and has his story all ready
to shoot, so it‘s tough on him. Those who have been
privileged to hear him relate some of the laugh sequences
say it‘s his funniest comedy to date, but he will
probably keep the same idea with a fake dictator instead
of Hitler.
(...) San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco, Cal., Dec 1,1938
& Selznick Denies Goddard Chosen
No Selection Yet for „Scarlett“ Role
HOLLYWOOD, Cal., Dec. 3 (AP) – No actress has been
selected yet to play the role of Scarlett O‘Hara in the
film version of „Gone With the Wind,“ David O. Selznick,
president of Selznick International Pictures, said
Saturday with an air of fatigue. (...)
Commenting on a New York report that Paulette Goddard
had been chosen, Selznick said: (...)
„Paulette Goddard has not been set for the role. She is one
of several remaining candidates under consideration.“
(...) Albuquerque Journal, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Dec. 4, 1938.
AP, Associated Press.
„Paulette Goddard called a doctor“
Editorial content. „By Louella O. Parsons
(Copyright, 1938, By International News Service)“ (...)
„A line or two: David Selznick will be careful in the
future how he swings a tennis racket. Sunday at the Charlie
Chaplins‘ he hit his glasses while playing mixed
doubles and broke them into bits. Paulette Goddard called
a doctor, fearing the glass had penetrated his eyes,
but it was found he had only a few scratches . . .“
It‘s Vivien Leigh, not Paulette Goddard, who will be
Scarlett O‘Hara in Gone With the Wind.
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