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Variety, New York, May 21, 1910.
Fred Karno, undated
& Alf Reeves, Amy Minister (his wife), Muriel Palmer, Charles
Chaplin on SS Albania, September 1910,
Charles Chaplin, Die Geschichte meines Lebens, Frankfurt 1964
& AMY MINISTER
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(...) Photo, San Francisco Call, May 5, 1912
& Alf Reeves, Chaplin Studio Manager,
Los Angeles, Sept. 1929, detail
& Charles Chaplin (right) with other members of Karno‘s
Company on US-tour, undated
& „Dandy Thieves“
„A NIGHT IN AN ENGLISH MUSIC HALL“
„A NIGHT IN THE SLUMS OF LONDON“
These Acts Are All Copyrighted.
Permanent Address, 27 Vaughan Rd., Camberwell, London
FRED KARNO‘S LONDON CO.
For Time Apply Direct to ALF RREVES, Manager
(...) Variety, July 2, 1910
& Amie Minister, the ingenue of the Fred Karno
Company, is dangerously ill with blood poisoning, the result
of a small splinter in her finger. The doctors have
found it necessary to operate twice and she had been out
of the company a week.
(...) Variety, March 26, 1910
„Along with the others“
Editorial content. „The Karno Company presented
for the first time this week in London Jimmy, the Fearless;
or the Boy Hero. Alf. Reeves, just returned from
America with the Karno Company (playing over there for
the past three seasons), saw the initial performance
and received permission from Fred Karno to offer it in America
next season, along with the others that the company
has been presenting there. It is likely that Mr. Reeves will take
over one or two others from the Karno repertoire.“
Stan Laurel, Theatrical Career of Stan Laurel,
Hal Roach Studios, Los Angeles 1932: „I returned to Vaudeville
again as a single act when I was scouted by a famous
comedy producer, Fred Karno. In his company was Charlie
Chaplin who was their principal comedian. After I was
with this company a couple of months Karno sent down a script
for a new show he wanted to produce with the company
the following Monday in London. We were all given our parts;
Chaplin, of course, had the star part. We immetiatly went
into rehearsal, and towards the end of the week Karno came
personally to witness a rehearsal. This production was
Jimmy the Fearless. At the last minute Chaplin told Karno
he didn‘t like the show and refused to open in it. Karno
then picked me out of the troupe and gave me the part, which
I rehearsed Saturday and Monday, and opened in London
on Monday night.
The show was a terrific hit. Chaplin sat in front and
watched my performance for one whole week, than he decided
he would play the part. I still continued with the
troupe playing second comedian, also understudying Chaplin
in a repertoire of about ten Karno shows.
In 1910, the troupe was booked to play in America.“
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