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Harry C. Carr, Photoplay, New York, April 1916.

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„Chaplinitis is epidemic“

Editorial content. „Marooned In London

      Anemic english films cause craze for U.S. pictures;

      Chaplinitis is epidemic.

      By Harry C. Carr“ (...)

      „The Charley Chaplin fever has suddenly hit

the village and it is the worst attack I ever saw any city have

over anything.“ (...)

      „It all came up over Charley Chaplin. As I say, London

is mad over Chaplin. I saw every musical revue

in London and I didn‘t see one revue that didn‘t have at least

one actor dressed up to take off Charley Chaplin.

In one revue, there was a whole chorus of Chaplins.“ (...)

      „On the Strand, every theater that could possibly

grab one was showing one of Chaplin‘s old worn

out films. Two rival houses near Charing Cross were showing

By The Sea and The Tramp. The best house in London,

when I left in November, was advertising as a ,crossing attraction,‘ Charley Chaplin in Tilly‘s Punctured Romance.

      And here came the row. The Essanay refused to let

the London managers have the Chaplin films

unless they would take the whole Essanay program.“ (...)

      „When Tilly‘s Punctured Romance came to

London, they advertised it as a Charley Chaplin play. Miss

Dressler and Mabel Normand were not mentioned.“

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