Word: chaplinitis
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...hang of the double entendre," And so, since the giants of the deadpan and the thrown pie are no more, the theater sticks to the oldies. "There are very few good new ones," the Laffmovie's spokesman says sorrowfully, and the Marx and Ritz Bros., Harold Lloyd, and Charlie Chaplin are therefore shown devotedly. While the children have no trouble understanding these artists, the adult part of the Laffmovie's family audience enjoys recalling the great entertainers of its youth. Movies such as "Tillie's Punctured Romance," which appeared in 1914 starring Marie Dressler and Charlie Chase, and which...
...glasses before he can read a line. But he is anxious to make another pro tour, if "the public will accept me." In Hollywood last week, he shuttled from court to court giving tennis lessons to such high-paying movie clients as Mrs. Charles (Oona O'Neill) Chaplin, the Joseph Cottens, the David Selznicks. Said he: "There's a lot of money here for anyone who can teach the game...
...Charles Chaplin Jr., 22, was fined $150 in Beverly Hills, Calif, for drunken driving, escaped a 30-day jail sentence by promising to go on the wagon for a year...
...Charles Chaplin felt the pinch of inflation. A Los Angeles court took notice of the cost-of-living increase, ordered him to pay an extra $25 a week for the support of Carol Ann, his four-year-old daughter by ex-protégée Joan Berry. That meant $100 every week, instead...
...National Board of Review of Motion Pictures, an organization which rests on a firm foundation of women's clubs, startled everyone by picking Charles Chaplin's controversial Monsieur Verdoux, a bitter satire which had been coldly received by most reviewers. Great Expectations again ran second...