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...Regular Fellow. Raymond Griffith is rapidly rising dangerously near the position of leading light comedian of the screen. In this description he must be carefully distinguished from Mr. Chaplin, Mr. Lloyd and Mr. Keaton, who are specialists rather in slapstick...
...Sydney Chaplin, brother of Charlie, has been for a long time a fairly good comedian. He impersonated an elderly lady in Charlie's Aunt and made a great success. Therefore he impersonated a woman in his next picture; in this, his third, he still impersonates a woman. He is kicked in the stomach and falls furiously down stairs. He remains a fairly good comedian...
...producers can spend large sums in producing films for the home market alone; whatever sales or leases are made abroad are considered as surplus earnings. After yielding handsome returns in the U. S. over its cost, Charlie Chaplin's The Kid is said to have brought $350,000 returns in Britain. On the other hand, a successful British film exhibited in Britain, British Colonies and continental countries (but not in the U. S.) yielded a total return of only $100,000. A successful picture can scarcely be made for so small a sum, capable of competing with even...
...Chosen for their parts by Chaplin out of carloads of assorted tramps...
Born. To Charles S. Chaplin, 36, and Mrs. Lita Grey Chaplin, 17, formerly his leading lady, a son (6¾ Ibs.) ; at Beverley Hills, Calif. (See Page...