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Clad in pink coat, white breeks and shining boots, Cinemacter Charles Chaplin rode out with the Duke of Westminster at Envermeu, France to hunt wild boar. Presently a boar broke cover, but there was no chase. The boar charged the comedian. When they were 100 ft. apart, someone else in the party brought the beast down with a rifle-bullet. That night Mr. Chaplin ate boar, declaring he liked it better on the platter than on the hoof. Next day, after several sessions with a masseur to ease limbs strained by his perilous riding, he cancelled a trip...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Apr. 6, 1931 | 4/6/1931 | See Source »

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