San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-14

effectiveness of the cinema. With the
idea of making big productions, pro-
ducers frequently enlarge the physical
size, not seeming to realize that this
merely strikes at the drama, weakens
the realism and kills the very strength
of the original plot in its contrast.
Big scenes and deliberately costly set
tings will never in themselves make
big productions.
Comedy relief in melodrama never
did strike the average film director
as important enough for the antics of
a recognized star.
Never-until now. s.
Now comes sgd Chaplin, elder
brother Of the, renowned Charlie,
with the declaration that henceforth
he will concentrate his efforts on
comedy relief in serious, yea even
tragic, pictures. N.ttir
"A touch of comedy emphasizes
drama-and it relieves tragedy. 1t
takes away the strain of too much
seriousness. says sgd. In Marhall
Neilan's picture, "The Rendezvous, .
the story's Russian and intense. One
character has cornered the girl, and
just then the door swings open and
/ come ina ragged soldier, juggling
three hand grenades. l just walk in
and circle the man, looking at him and
juggling the grenades. He goes out. "
sgd was saying "Slapstick comedy
is out of fashion now subtle
humor is the thing the movies need"
when he was called back TO the
| camera.
He was a timid butler, armed with
golf stick against expected intruders
1.-THE picture was Her Temporary
Husband" filmed for First National
at United studio). AR earthen jardi-
Mere came crashing on his head,
smashed in n thousand pieces; he
whirled about madly at imaginary
assailants, smashing other bric-a-
brac with his golf stick. Gut" said
the director, "we'll have to do that
, again"
sgd came back rubbing his head.
These breakaways make me sore !.
But as we were saying, slapstick
comedy is thing of the past"
Did you ever hear how Charlie
Chaplin happened to come TO the Unit
ed States and get in the movies. Tell
him, sgd.
Well, it seems sgd was the pre-
miere comedian of the two brothers
on the English music hall stage. Char
lie played the same parts i'll the sec
ond company that Travelled the prov
inces. Their manager arranged a
booking for America and wanted TO
send sgd Chaplin. But the music hall
manager had contract calling for
the services of sgd in London.
what, send our best star to Amer
lea and play an understudy in Lon.
don. Unthinkable was his attitude.
SO understudy Charlie went in
stead. Mack Sennett saw the act.
"A Night in an English Music Hall. I"
Charlie Chaplin became a Keystone
comedian-and the rest is history.
at goes to show" said sgd, that
our lives and careers turn on minor
incidents"
; One wonders if sgd considers the
fate that influenced him to become an
actor again minor incident" He
was an independent producer, and in
dulged in other financial experiments,
including the formation of an avia-
ton company and speculation in the
stock market.
Both California and New York 10
cations will probably be used by Cecil
Il. DeMille in the filming of his next
Paramount production, Triumph"
Plans call for exteriors to be made in
New York and interiors in California.
Norr,o Ta1,,ad0o laorro tu-n xn-ove
of saying "yes" and mo on her Eu-
rOpean and northern Africa trip re-
Gently besides the manner of saying
them in America. Now she finds too
much knowledge detrimental.
Ralph Yearsley, Victor Potel. George
Siegman and Fred Kohler, four we'll
known screen character actors, are
portraying the brutal family OF eou-
sins who make life unbearable for
Anna Christie" played by Blanche
Sweet in the film version of Eugene
O'Neills stage success.
Ruth Hiatt. elected Miss Los An
geles" in national beauty contest,
now Lloyd Hamilton's leading lady,
will appear soon in the first Of a new
series of Cameo comedies.
The third of Elinor Glyn's chrono.
logical dramas, Three Weeks" will
appear ON the screen soon. 1t is now
being directed by Alan Crosland for
Goldwyn with Aileen Pringle as the
lady of the tiger skin.
Charles Jones. has a new leading
lady. Marion Nixon. She supports him
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