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Dixie Willson, Photoplay, New York, December 1940.

Dixie Willson, July 1930, Bundesarchiv Berlin

& „Laugh Week“ Set

      On Chaplin Date

      Crowds that packed Bushnell Park, in Hartford, Conn.,

awaiting the arrival of President Roosevelt, in the

interim were amused by a Chaplin impersonator who performed

for Jack Simons‘ „Dictator“ date, at Loew‘s Poli, starting

the following day.

(...) Motion Picture Herald, Nov. 30, 1940

„His quick and frequent laughter is delightful“

Editorial content. „Chaplin Talks

      ...with an accent still a bit ,London,‘ with an unpretentious

      honesty... on a subject that is one of the most important in the

      film world of today

      By Dixie Willson“ (...)

      „The voice about which the world has been so curious,

is an unusually pleasant one. Mr. Chaplin‘s manner of speaking,

still a bit ,London.‘“ (...)

      „His friendliness, his lack of pretension, is immediately

evident. His quick and frequent laughter is delightful.“ (...)

      Four photos.

      Second. „He turns property man with Clem Widrig (far left).“

      Fourth. „He makes up with make-up man Voight.“

     

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