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Variety, New York, January 21, 1916.
THE HAND THAT WIELDS THE $670,000 PEN
(...) Photo, Evening Public Ledger,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 8, 1916
& Charles Chaplin, America‘s leading screen comedian, ate
dinner at the Harvey House Tuesday noon. Chaplin
was enroute from Los Angeles to Chicago with a company
of movie actors and actresses, where they will
begin work on the production of a picture. He was on passenger
train No. 114 which is due in Emporia at 10:50,
but which was about an hour and thirty minutes late.
(...) Olpe Optimist, Olpe, Kansas, Feb. 9, 1916
& Charley Chaplin spent three hours in Chicago yesterday
on his way from Los Angeles to New
York. His plans are still in a state of fluidity.
(...) FLICKERINGS FROM FILM LAND By Kitty Kelly,
Chicago Tribune, Feb. 5, 1916
& Charles Chaplin has turned down an offer of $500,000 a year
from a film company. The Essanay
made a million out of Chaplin films in 1915.
(...) THEATRICAL NOTES, Williamsport Sun-Gazette,
Williamsport, Pennsylvania, Jan. 25, 1916
& Charles Chaplin, national character in comedy motion
picture circles, has been offered and refused
flatly a salary of $365,000 per year – 41,000 a day – truth of
which is vouched for by the man who made the offer,
John McKeon, eastern representative of the of the New York
Motion Picture Company.
According to the statement of McKeon, the offer was
refused because it was not enough, the comedian
holding out for almost double that amount. Unless some picture manufacturing concern bids this price for
Chaplin, he insists that he will open a studio with his brother.
In any event Essanay seems to have lost its
stellar comedian.
(...) In and Out of West Coast Studios By J. C. Jessen,
Motion Picture News, Jan. 22, 1916
& Charlie Chaplin Here.
Charlie Chaplin, the idol of the moving picture fans and
probably the highest salaried performer in movies,
passed through here last Thursday on Santa Fe train No. 114,
bound for „lil‘ ol‘ New York.“ He stuck tight to his
berth in the through Pullman while the train made its usual
breakfast stop, and if he wanted anything to eat
it was probably brought him by his „valley.“ At any rate very few
of the station loungers had their curiosity gratified
by as much as a glimpse of the great man.
(...) Monitor-Press, Wellington, Kansas, Feb. 9, 1916
& CHAPLIN GETS OFFER
Now that the screen future of Mary Pickford is definitely
settled the question of Charles Chaplin‘s contract
begins to loom large. Almost every organization with a camera
is reported to be bidding for his services. Among the
most prominent of the companies said to be anxious to obtain
his services are Essanay, with whom he is already
associated; Paramount and Keystone. one company is said
to have offered him $10,000 a week.
(...) Akron Evening Times, Akron, Ohio, Jan. 25, 1916
„Just about getting used to the large money“
Editorial content. „CHAPLIN‘S ENORMOUS OFFERS;
TURNS DOWN $500,000 YEARLY
Reported Demand by Famous Film Comedian of $200,000
in Keystone Stock as Bonus to Rejoin That Company.
Now Receiving $125,000 Annually From Essanay With $10,000
Extra on Each Chaplin Release. Contract Shortly
Expiring. Essanay Made Over Million Last Year Out of Chaplin
Films.
Chicago, Jan. 19.
A demand made by Charlie Chaplin upon the
Keystone, if accepting that picture concern‘s offer to rejoin it,
is reported as asking 4200,000 in Keystone stock
as a bonus for signing a Keystone contract, with a salary
of not less than 43,000 weekly and a percentage
of all profits made by ,Chaplin releases.‘
Chaplin is in a position to make this demand on Keystone
through other offers received that practically tell the
famous screen comedian to name his own terms. To the layman
they sound incredible.“ (...)
„Charlie Chaplin is just about getting used to the large
money he is earning.“ (...)
„Sid Chaplin, also a film comedian, is in New York looking
after his brother‘s business affairs.“
Reprinted in newspapers like Wichita Daily Eagle, Wichita,
Kansas, Jan. 30, 1916 or Leavenworth Post,
Leavenworth, Kansas, Feb. 1, 1916. Variety isn‘t mentioned.
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