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...waifs of the political storms. Expatriate Songstress Josephine ("The U.S. is not a free country") Baker, with a basketful of orchids slung over her shoulder, warbled I'm Looking for an Old Friend. When she spotted one in Charlie ("I have been the object of lies and propaganda") Chaplin, she just had to dash over to his table and give him a great big kiss...
Though the feature is a Fields day for fans of that comedian, Chaplin devotees will be disappointed in the two accompanying shorts. Admittedly, pictures of 1915 were primitive, but Shanghaied and Triple Trouble are barbaric. With no dialogue they are still far from silent. Loud, incongruous music blares and the celluloid flickers and snaps. What is more, Chaplin is an unpolished beginner. Only when he dances with a mutton leg or steals from a pickpocket is there a hint of the comedy Chaplin will later achieve...
...could supply other information. Richter and Item reporters went to work, took a tape recording of an interview with a prostitute who said she had worked for people paying protection money to the police. The Item took its evidence to the state department of revenue. Explained Item Editor George Chaplin: "Police cannot investigate police...
After the hectic day Minnesota's Administrative Vice-President Malcolm Willy said "The showing of the "Hoaxters" in conjunction with "New China" might well have raised in the minds of its viewers question whether "the Hoaxters" is the best kind of propaganda film that could be devised."CHARLIE CHAPLIN...
...Charlie Chaplin, British subject, surrendered his U.S. re-entry permit in Geneva and flew off to London. Chaplin had made his decision. The U.S. Immigration authorities had warned him that he would be subject to a screening exam, just as any other alien, when he returned. In his London hotel room he wrote his valedictory after 40 years of U.S. residence: ". . . Since the end of the last world war, I have been the object of lies and propaganda by powerful reactionary groups who, by their influence and by the aid of America's yellow press, have created an unhealthy...