The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-29

UP q knowledge OF the Continental
languages, and these she impaired to
her SCI In Rddirsus. sue .A4 -Araj5
meant that ne should BE an actor. SO
she taught MIN all sne aad Learned
from Conservation. AS he came OF
theatrtcAI stock and his brother had
violated the trad.t.ons OF the family
inevitable that the second Cnaries
should drift 20 the theater.
20 the age Of elgat round am act
Atrg In a musical play called the
IIorksire Lads" and how natural a
boz he vas n those days may %
gathered from his escape from drown
ing in the Thames when he Lad fallen
In while competing with lot of other
kids as to which could throw a STICK
the far.hest. He made suincient
reputat. on in this play to oe engaged
to act in touring melodrana called
- Jim" which was the work OF n. A.
Saintbury Later he played the boy
Bally in .'Sherlock Holmes and acted
1t for several seasons in tae British
province When that was finished
the boy parts were timing OF ttie past'
since he was too large to act them but
not yet mature enough for the adult
roles For while ne united with
his brother, who had come back from
the sea. and the two we're doing an
acceptable act in the MUSIC halls.
Joins Keystone.
But it is to the days OF his career
here that our public turns with tae
greatest interest. Long before he
came to this country to act in "a
Night in an English Muse Hall"
ych Fred karno brought, Charles
Chaplin had acted in tne little piece.
He was at various times In different
roles, but it was as the comic drunk
that he will be remembered here.
Billie eeves and other variety actors
pIaye dthis par. but it was MS anus
ing actions nthis part which led to
the appearance of Chaplin in the
movies.
In the search for actors for the COM
lie films, this amusing and grotesque
figure did not escape. He was
invited to take a place in the forces
of the keystone films two years ago.
1T is characteristic of the ambitions
of the coined an that he hoped to be
a serious actor once he had got be-
fore the camera. But he was only
required to be just as comic as ne
had been as ..the funny drunk" in the
music halls plus the adventures which
were expected TO befall him daily: His
success on the films was immediate
After a year and half with the Key
stone Company ne went to the riss-
sanay and is now it's most valued
resource in the making Of the comic
pictures.
King fthe Movie.
Probably there is no greater mar
vel in the history of the films than
the rise OF this modest young man 10
such fame that he is now one OF the
best known persons in this country
draws an unusual income as large a.
that Of the president of the United
states and affords every day aInusa-
rnent to hundreds and thousands of
persons IN every city of the country
There are Charlie Chaplin statuettes,
Charlie Chaplin mustaches. Charlie
Chaplin walking sticks and every
ether evidence Of greatness. His
name is known in quarters that ne.er
heard of John Bunny. lie is the I'M
disputed king OF the film theater to
day.
His Skill in the picture is said to
be due to his laea Of all Consciousness
of the camera. his :>bility to enter a
scene without word OF script aLG
extemporize to n degree that suppiies
hundreds of feet of unrehearsed anG
fnpromptu fun. Indeed he is averse
to excessive rehearsal, since he be-
lieves that it deprives him of spon-
taneity Since no other actor has ever
made such general success as a
camera comedian, his ideas on the
subject must be right
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