The Rounders Clippings 1/36
Illustrated Films Monthly, London, August 1914.
MOBILIZING FRENCH ARMY TRUCKS
(...) Photo, Chicago Tribune, Sept. 13, 1914
& World War One –– Bain News Service
(publisher), Dead German Between Villeroy & Neufmontiers,
undated, Library of Congress, detail
& UN ALLEMAND OUBLIÉ PAR LES BRANCARDIERS
Dans la grande bataille commencée le 6
septembre entre Meaux et Verdun, l‘ennemi a subi d*énormes
pertes. Le génie qui s‘emploie à enterrer les morts,
ne suffit pas toujours immédiatement à sa tâche, et on trouve,
isolés dans la plaine, des morts oubliés comme celui-ci.
(...) Miroir, Paris, Sept. 20, 1914, detail
& PARIS LETTER. (...)
A strict censorship has been established. Every showman
must now submit to the authorities a list of the films,
with correct titles, that he proposes to screen. Many topical
films have already been banned.
* * *
Some of the Boulevard movies have returned almost#to the primitive stages of cinematography. Old picture plays
are being screened while many of the so-called topical films
are obviously the work of amateurs. Nightly the public‘s
intelligence is insulted by the exhibition of fake topical films.
I saw one film last night entitled „British Troops in
Belgium.“ It showed British soldiers right enough, but the
appearance of four typical little English boys
instantly shattered the illusion.
(...) John Cher, Moving Picture World, Sept. 19, 1914
„The best engagement ever made for Keystone“
Editorial content. „CHARLES CHAPLIN, who is making
a big hit in ,Keystones,‘ is an Englishman.“ (...)
His success in getting so much humour out of a part
practically without speaking attracted the
attention of Mack Sennett, managing director of the Keystone
comedies, who immediately engaged him. It was
probably the best engagement ever made for Keystone.“
The Rounders is released by Keystone Sept. 7, 1914.
Redaktioneller Inhalt
Alan Nevins & Henry Steele Commager, The Pocket History
of the United States, New York 1942:
„In the presidential elections of 1916 Wilson was successful,
largely because he had ,kept us out of war.´“
Am 28. Juli 1914 hat der Erste Weltkrieg begonnen –
„the european war“ wird er oft in amerikanischen Zeitungen
vorerst noch genannt.
