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COPYRIGHT, KEYSTONE COMEDIES
SIDNEY CHAPLIN, WITH HIS FAMOUS POCKET EDITON DOG
Comedy for the Summer Shows
THE BEACON of the comedy movies is shining more and more steadily in the outer gloom of the theaters that for¬ merly closed for the summer when the last booking of the sea¬ son shut the door on its scenery truck.
The theater manager who used to seek engagements as manager of amusement parks to while away the long, hot days of summer is hanging close around the box office these days. Every theater is being turned into a movie house for the sum¬ mer, and, according to the dope of the booking offices, comedy films will prevail. Every town large enough to have its own “opry house,” especially in the middle West, wants its comedy favorites and knows them well enough to call for them by name.
The “thrillers” may be popular in the winter, but when the warm days close in, the people want something to make them laugh and take the curse off the heat of the dog days.
Tommie Was Punished
Willie — Going to the picture show with us?
Tommie — Naw; ma says I can’t go.
Willie — Why won’t she let you go?
Tommie — ’Cause I asked her why she said it was cruel to muzzle dogs when she believes children should be seen and not heard.
Too Much for the Irishman
’’J'HEY draw the line on observers closely at the picture studios, but the other day, at a Newark rehearsal, a newly arrived Irish roustabout at the company chanced to come in on the register of a mob fight in a new picture.
He milled around uncertainly and eagerly until he noted three of the mob hurl themselves on a husky actor.
“Is this a private affair, sor, ” he whispered quickly h) the director, “or cud anny jintleman join in?”
She Took a Chance
“N° MAN is a hero to his household,” says Harry Kelly ruefully. “I found that out the other night, when I thought our cook would enjoy seeing me on the screens.”
Harry has been doing the star comedy act for the movies, together with his side kick, his Lizzie dog, and when the films were to be shown at Elmhurst, where he lives, he generously offered to let the cook go to see them.
“She didn’t enthuse,” said Harry. “I asked her if she didn’t want to go, and she picked up one of her Polish feet and set down the other and said she didn’t know.
“I’ll buy you a ticket, Annie,” I insisted.
“All right,” said Annie amiably. “I’ll take a chance.”