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Sheila Graham, NANA, Star, Kansas City, MO, March 15, 1941.

Sheila Graham

(...) Photo, Ottawa Citizen, Ottawa, Canada, July 9, 1949

& WHY, WHAT‘S THE MATTER, BOYS? (...)

      WOW! THEY CAN‘T DO THIS TO US!

(...) Hitler & Mussolini Caricature, Journal-World, Lawrence,

Kansas, March 15, 1941

„He had prepared his rejection speech“

Editorial content. „CHAPLIN LEFT ON LIMB

      SHEILA GRAHAM SAYS

      HE EXPECTED ACADEMY AWARD.

      Speech Rejecting Honor Reported to Have Been

      Practiced on Friends (...)

      BY SHEILA GRAHAM.

      Written for the North American Newspaper Alliance (...)

      Charlie Chaplin was so sure he would win the Academy award

for the best masculine acting job of the year that he had

prepared his rejection speech all the way down to the final period!

And until the evening of the banquet he was practicing

it on favored friends. The keynote of the speech was, ,How can

anyone decide which member of a picture is the

person responsible for its success?‘ This argument seems

silly, particularly with a Chaplin picture. Anyway he

didn‘t win the award, and – his high-sounding rejection phrases

must await another occasion.“

      The Great Dictator: Four nominations. No award.  

     

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