Work Clippings 4/85
Leepson Bownes, Los Angeles Times, L. A., Cal., June 8, 1915.
Work Scenes
„This concentration of power“
Editorial content. Cartoon. „CHARLIE CHAPLIN‘S IDEA
OF A GOOD MOVING-PICTURE COMPANY.
SCENARIO WRITER.
DIRECTOR.
CAMERA MAN.
SCENE-SHIFTER.
LEADING MAN.“
Large Cartoon. „Click! – Click!
,Then I do a ,funny fall,‘ and kick the policeman
in the mush – scene 34 – I enter –‘
,Lay down on the floor as though you were asleep and I‘ll
come over and step on your face, careless like!‘
,What shall I do now, Mr. Chaplin?‘“
„CHAPLIN AS THE WHOLE SHOW
By Leepson Bownes.
Charlie Chaplin‘s company is composed largely
of Charlie Chaplin.
The clever Essanay comedian not only takes the leading
part in his pictures, but he also writes all the
scenarios used in his pictures and directs all the acting.
The truth of the matter is that Charlie
practically does the acting for all the other members of the
company for he always goes through their parts for
them and shows them how he does it and then they try to
copy after him.
The result of this concentration of power is that he is getting together a whole bunch of imitation Charlie Chaplins
on his staff and anybody knows that Charlie cannot be successfully
imitated, hence the ,sameness‘ of his recent photoplay.“ (...)
Redaktioneller Inhalt
