The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-29
CHAPLIN HAS NO SUBSTITUTE
Does All His Own Work in Screen-NOt Going to
 Try "Talkies"
BY MARY KNIGHT

Copyright 1886 by United Press)
 Hollywood, April 29-UP)-Char- lie Chaplin is cruising the far east with Paulette Goddard, to whom he may or may not be married, and so, since I wanted to know some- thing about the famous comedian, I went to see Arch Reeves.
 If anyone has an intimate know ledge of Chaplin it's Arch, who has been man Friday to the actor since they both came out of England al- most two decades ago.
 I saw Arch at the Chaplin stu dios which occupy five acres near the center of the screen colony. The lot is equipped for everything except sound.
 Won't Talk In Pictures
 MT. Chaplin hasn't talked in pictures and doesn't intend to- Arch told me somewhat unnecessar- fly and then went on to other things. He said he thought one o1 the secrets of Chaplin's success was the fact that he did all his owr stunts.
 "He never has a stand-in nor Q double like other artists" Reeves said. "He does all his own falling down and backing out of doors and everything else. Whatever medicine he prescribes for himself he takes without benefit of substitute.
 Chaplin's widely heralded and ex- pensive delays during the making of pictures interested me and ] asked Reeves about them.
 MT. Chaplin has worked hard al his life," Reeves said. If he wants to appear lavish at times it's his own business.
 Works When He Pleases
 "He comes to work when he feels like it and if he decides not tc work after he hires everybody for a set at a certain time then he pays them for the work they haven't done and tells them to come back the next day or the next month, ii he feels like it.
 "He likes to hire the old troup- CTS when he can use them and he always gives them preference. His private philanthropies are large but he never employs people from one picture to the next.
 During intervals between pro- auctions there are not more than 2C employees on the premises so the overhead is practically nothing then If MT. Chaplin cabled me he would be here day after tomorrow ano wanted to start picture, we could have 200, or 500 or 1000 workmer clear off the lot overnight and q few minutes on the telephone would bring out all his favorite players and more people than he could ust for any picture he could conceive.
 Ideas Come in Flashes
 Reeves told me that ideas come to Chaplin in flashes while he meanders around sets.
 'In City Lights, more than hal1 the picture was in the can (hac been shoD," Reeves said. Then il came time to unveil the statue ir the city square. It suddenly came to MT. Chaplin that that was the real beginning for the picture.
 "As though the junking of half g picture meant nothing at all to him he climbed up, deposited himself in the arms of the statue and said:
 "All right now, we'll forget everything else we've shot. Well scrap all of it. We'll start right from here'."
 Chaplin works only when he is in the mood, regardless of the cost to him. Only the barest outline of a script is used in his pictures. He doesn't like to fake shots and will go to all sorts of trouble to keep the action authentic.
 Made It Real
 In Modern Times, when he backed out of the door of the Para disc" shack to seek fame and for tune he was on his studio let. When he landed in the shallow pond be- yond the door he was in Whining ton, on the waterfront, 25 miles from Hollywood. Chaplin could have faked the water scene but he preferred to make 1t real
 In addition to his widely adver- tised talents, Chaplin also is an ex- pert tap dancer and has remark able singing and speaking voice.
 The next picture made at the Chaplin lot will star Paulette God dard, featured with him in Modern Times" Chaplin will direct the plc- ture but will not act in it.
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