Charlie Chaplin (1951)

Record Details:

Title:
Charlie Chaplin
Date:
1951
Publisher:
New York : Henry Schuman, Inc.
Volume:
Charlie Chaplin
Leaf #:
00041
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
{"Media History Digital Library","Richard Koszarski","Jeff Joseph"}
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
March 21, 2024
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the Karno Company and tour of America 21 Sennett, he readily agreed to sign him as a potential replacement. Careful examination of evidence indicates that Adam Kessel of Kessel and Baumann, owners of the New York Motion Picture Company, whose holdings included Kay Bee, Broncho, Domino, and the Keystone films, was the man responsible for the actual signing. On May 12, 1913, wThile playing in Philadelphia at the Nixon Theatre, Alf Reeves received a telegram: "Is Charlie Chapman with your company? Have him call Saturday our office Putnam Bldg. Kessel and Baumann." Chaplin, then receiving $50 a week on the stage, went to see Kessel in New York. After some hesitation over his chances in moving pictures, about which he knew little, he was finally won over by the then unbelievable offer of a year's contract at $150 a week. Chaplin's bookings with Karno did not permit him to leave the troupe until November 28, 1913, at which time he played his last performance at the Empress Theatre in Kansas City. He then left immediately for California, filled with fears and doubts about the future of films and his part in them.