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...speed; $100 for riding a horse off a 20-ft. cliff into a river. Clown. In Berlin, Adrian Wettach of Biel, Switzerland, famed through Europe as Clown Crock, last week formed his own picture company, announced that he would be actor, director, author; that his films would rival Charles Chaplin's; that they would have no happy endings...
Refusal. On his 40th birthday last week, Charles Chaplin reiterated his refusal to appear in talkies by turning down an alleged $1,000,000 contract to make a talking picture for Producer James Cruze...
...smile. They found instead an amusing and at times witty farce involving the efforts of a mother to keep a husband, from whom she is separated, from stealing his son. Lee (4 in May) is younger and funnier than Jackie Coogan was when he made The Kid with Charles Chaplin. Best shot: Sonny Boy in the clothes-hamper...
Anthony Asquith, who was one of Oxford's most flagrant esthetes, called "Puffin," three years ago, went, last year, to Hollywood to study U. S. cinema technique. He was shown about by Douglas Fairbanks and Charles Chaplin. He is considered the best director in England today. His next film will be The Cottage at Darmoor...
Puppy. In A Dog's Life a puppy, blonde, capricious, played with Charles Chaplin. The puppy grew, turned into a dog of unusual appearance, of yellowish brown color, guarded the garbage cans on the Chaplin production lot, became obese and last week died...