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Photoplay, New York, April 1939.

HEIL HITLER

Sirs:

      On my recent trip through the South I passed this archery

range outside Chattanooga, Tenn. I thought you might

like to know how at least one section of the country feels about

international affairs. Although it‘s hard to see in the

picture, the center target is badly riddled and seems to be most

popular of the three.

      RED THOMPSON

      Mount Kisco, N. Y.

(...) Photo, Life, Aug. 26, 1940

„But four days older than Germany‘s Adolph Hitler“

Editorial content. „Happy Birthday to You

      A toast to Charlot of the past and to Chaplin,

      personage of today, marking the fifty-year run of a great      

      performance     

      The man whom the public never forgets – the unassuming,

gray-haired Chaplin. English-born, he started stage work

at twelve, toured in vaudeville; then, in 1913, entered the film

industry. His private life made headlines: his two marriages,

to Mildred Harris in 1918 and to Lita Grey in 1924; the birth of two

sons; his divorces – yet to the American public he remained

primarily the Tramp of the baggy trousers and soulful eyes. After

eight years of inactivity, he produced, in 1936, Modern Times,

found the public as Chaplin-conscious as ever and is now busy,

on his fiftieth birthday, with production of a political satire,

The Dictator. Interesting commentary on this newest effort is that Chaplin is but four days older than Germany‘s Adolph Hitler.“

      Two pages, fifteen photos.

  

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