The Picture Show Annual (1931)

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Picture Show Annual An early appearance of Godfrey Tearle on the screen — with Marie Doro in " A Sinless Sinner," shown in this country in 1920. DO YOU REMEMBER THEM WHEN ? THERE are few things more interesting than the much-ridiculed family album—that is to the family concerned. Outsiders cannot be expected to see anything romantic m Uncle William's photograph, taken at Ramsgate with William in flannels and a straw hat of the type known as the boater. Charlie Chaplin in " The Rink..' made at a time when the Chaplin genius was not recognised by the highbrows, and his comedies were thoroughly enjoyed only by those who did not mind a little vulgarity. Another generation, even of the family, may turn over the album with the remark, " Doesn't he look a silly ass ? But that photograph will always bring a sigh and some- times a tear from Aunt Jane, for she knows it was on the very day that photograph was taken that Willie proposed to her. The screen is scarcely old enough to have a real family album, but the photographs which illustrate this article will be of great interest to old-timers. On this page we see the great Charlie Chaplin looking very boyish, as indeed he was when the photograph was taken, for it was in his early d. ys of slapstick comedy. To me the picture brings back a memory of a little stunt I pulled off for the " Sunday Graphic," or the " Sunday Herald," as it then was. I was what they call " art editor " for that particular week, and somebody brought me in a strip of photographs showing Charlie in various attitudes, the entire strip being almost like a moving-picture, because the photographs had been taken consecutively to show Charlie's funny walk. I had known Chaplin when he was with Fred Karno, but I had never seen him in a film, and at that time Charlie was " unknown " except to regular picturegoers. The photographs in themselves were so funny that I decided to use some, and in the end I gave the entire back page to them. While I was looking at the proof of the page the managing editor came in, and although he admitted the pictures were funny, he said I had given too much space to them. I suppose you're right," I said reluctantly. We went up to the composing room to re-make the page. When we got there we found the biggest part of the staff looking over another proof and laughing heartily. " They all seem to know him," I said, " and if the pic- tures make all of them laugh they should be good enough for our readers." We left the page as it was.