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...book." Its title: I Remember Monster. ("The first part" explained Al "is a memoir of my early days as assistant to a well-known cartoonist.") Under its tomfoolishness, Capp's article in the February issue of the Atlantic (cover by Capp) was a perceptive essay on Charlie Chaplin...
...same way with love. Observed Capp: "No lover is anything but disappointed, since the greatest of all disappointments is the final triumphant possession of the love one has dreamt of having. It's never as wonderful as your dreams . .. No confused, despondent lover ever saw a Chaplin picture who wasn't cheered up ... We knew that no girl would ever want him, and that emphasized the fact that some girl would or did want us . . ." Capp has improved on the old master: "I try to make a disappointed lover feel better by having Li'l Abner never...
Five American products are on the program: Charlie Chaplin's "The Circus," Thursday,February 16: The Informer," with Victor McLagien, Tuesday, February 21; "The Kiss," with Grela Garbo, March 2; "Of Mice and Men" with Burgess Meredith, April 11; and Chaplin in "Tillie's Punctured Romance," April...
Huber placed Shapley's name with those of Paul Robeson, Dashiell Hammett, Lillian Hellman, Dorothy Parker, Charlie Chaplin, and other "well-known figures...
Since he has often been classed with such cinematic originators as Griffith, Eisenstein and Chaplin, Director De Sica is a moviemaker to be taken seriously. Actually, some of his scenes do suggest Chaplin's mixture of airy charm and down-to-earth bluntness. But thus far, he seems to be merely a clever craftsman with a great facility for squirting clear drops of sentiment into every shadow, gesture and cobblestone. The Bicycle Thief pictures the seamy side of life with no more reality than the average Hollywood movie shows the shiny side...