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Harry Lang, Photoplay, New York, April 1931.
Charles Chaplin on the train to New York en route
to England, Feb. 1931, Discovering Chaplin
& Well, nothing like it had ever seen by the critics of Los
Angeles before. I mean the first showing of Chaplin‘s
„City Lights.“ Women‘s evening gowns were torn. For hours
the mob surged back and forth, apparently unafraid
of policemen‘s clubs, which were freely used. At last the comedian arrived. He was accompanied by Professor and Mrs.
Einstein and Professor and Mrs. Millikan and Georgia Hale. What
Einstein thought about it could only be told by use of the
fourth dimension. Chaplin, who was literally mobbed, was ever
smiling, ever gracious, even while the buttons were being
pulled off his coat. He might have been torn to bits if the police
had not completely surrounded him.
(...) Carl Yorck Announcing – The Monthly Broadcast
of Hollywood Goings-On! Photoplay, April 1931
„One of the greatest stars in the business“
Editorial content. „Einstein in Hollywood
He can comprehend the Universe, but the picture business
left him dazed
By Harry Lang
They say Professor Einstein was trying to explain
his theory to a big studio executive.
,...for instance, consider Betelgeuse,´ Einstein was explaining. ,Betelgeuse, one of the greatest stars in the whole
system, can be photographed merely by means of one
ray of light...´
,Uh–huh,‘ uh–huhed the executive. Later Einstein
went home.
At once, the executive grabbed a telephone and called
his casting director.
,Say, you,´ he shouted, ,I want you should go out
and sign up this feller Betelgeuse. And I want you should sign
him up quick. Einstein, who knows everything, says he´s
one of the greatest stars in the business.
,And economy! – hah, lissen – we can shoot him with
only one light, Einstein says!!´“ (...)
Three photos.
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City Lights 1930 1931 1932 next previous
