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OHARETE CHALETN
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PEN PICTURE OF WORLD'S GREATEST SCREEN STAR,
UNOSTENTATIOUS ARRIVAL FROM SINGAPORE YESTERDAY.
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Hong Kong's reception of Char him in City Lights, for that les Chaplin and his brother Syd young lady in not now working for, yesterday morning provided a Charlie strange contrast to the scones of He was asked if he enthusiasm and hero worship, which Miss Merrill as he have greeted the famous star at Coogan practically every other city and I do not like the word part in the civilised world. The covered id Cherile with famous comedian emerged, from his laugh.
ir The Pub cabin at about ten o'clock to be covers new stars after all fade by halt a dozen newspaper men. When told All City Lights
and a group of photographers, all has received numerous showings in so doubt sumdantle enthusiastic, Hong Kong, Charlie laughed again. but even unlimited enthusiasm on You must be quite sick of it by the part of a few journalists-and now, He tide vaata, m journalists are notoriously Imper 4 ending question from someone vious to the personal attractions of was given truly diplomatic traat the most charming and famous of ment by Charlie:Whom do you
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rice, vegetables, sweet com, pota nothing by reason of its being easen wouldn't like to say who is the boes, a number of roots, tomatoes tially professional, nor did the best autor on the screen.
and various code of coking famous men show any signs of par Throughout the newspaper-mona mélope go to move e turbation when they were confront third degree Charlie's manner Territories for Hong Kong con hericultural resources at the Now had remained perfectly squeble and sumption on Enige Dag ferent nationalities immediately on ocurteous, and it was perhaps, a little unfortunate that reference was leaving their cabin,
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to attend the command performanor Charles Chaplin is a most charm-in London during his recent visit ing man. By manner is quiet and to the Capital exceedingly restful, and he gives 1 think the matter has been one the impression that an intimated aired sufficiently," he said, with a conversation with him would be an trace of uneasiness," and I would experience yielding, both pleasure rather not comment on it," and profit.
The smile was brought back to his face by a reporter asking him he intended to revive any of his old pictures.
The years have been kind to Charlie. His hair is greying, and the contours of his face have lost that sharpness which is so definite an attribute of youth, but his smile is unaffected and frank, while his laugh is infectious in the extreme:
Good Lord, no," he laughed, "I want to forget them."
Charlie is not anticipating the production of any picture in Eng
a lifetime of placating and perhaps land on Japan. "I have my studios tormenting troublesome reporters and plant established in Cali has left him with a tolerance offornia," he said, "and it would be their foibles that makes interview-much, too axpensive to move ing the most famous film star in whole outfit."
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"We are both going back to the soon as we gut there. I may re States, and will but in to work al
turn to France, later for a produc tion of Charlie Auzi which They want me for the leading part, French boxcern wish to produce
and the rest of the cast will bo French. I have made no decision Jet, and they are keeping the offer. open."
Charlie and Syd posed outside the saloon of the Terukuni Maru for a motion picture camera after which they cromed the harbour an an N.X.E. Iaunch.
HIS NEXT PICTURE. It was Syd, bronted and ft, who About the title of his next pic suggested yesterday that everyone ture or its story he would say no-|| ROUND THE ISLAND: adjourn to the lounge of the Teru-thing definite do not make my plans so far ahead," he said; "all
Their plans for the day they left that will be settled when I get back on the ship at five o'clock last oven- to the States have to be backing for Japan-included a drive again; by that, time I shall have pulse Bay Hotel. As they crossed there by August to begin work round the Island and tiff at Re-
been away about eighteen months."Connaught Road Central in searcli Charlie added that this was the of a car no-one recognised the f- first real holiday he had ever taken,mous comedian who has held the Soated in an easy chair and surfrom which he has almost recovered. ture-going public, and indeed of
and apart from the attack of fever attention and affection of the pie rounded by reporters, with his he had had an enjoyable time the whole world, for a longer period brother Syd hovering in the back- The fever has left me a little than any other aston or notices, ground like a guardian angel-there whoory," he said,bit otherwise but if Charlie and his brother notic-
great bend of affection, between I am quite fit.
ed the contrast between their re these brothers-Charlie smilingly submitted himself to the attack,what his real reason was for go they were about to explore: what A Japanese reporter asked him ception here and in other cities
of the world they gave no sign nor was it long in coming. "EOT do you like Hong Kong Is
ing to Japan your next picture going to be a
they had both described as the Monte Carlo of the East, And talkie "Who is going to be your
crowds was something of a relief. doubtless the absence of cheering leading lady ?"
It takes a lot to raise enthusiasm in Hong Kong
minute!
re-
Purely for pleasure," he plied. My pictures are popular in Japan than in any other more
Wait 熊
country; it is a wonderful country Wait and I want to most my friends and minute" said Charlie with a smile, all those who have written to me
One at a time."
First of all, my next picture from Japan is one of the heaviest about my pictures My fan mail: not going to ho n,tnikio. There is nothing definite yet, but big By the way, I see that Kono, plans are brewing, and I am going your Japanese private secretary, to start production on my new pic. has come into a fortune, somente ture when I return to Hollywood. said
I receive."
I've been away over a year now,Yes, I have been told, re- and it will be three months before plied I return there. The new picture spending all his time dodging poɔ- plied the war believe be 18 action. Simply fill withwill utilise synchronised sound, in ple nowadays.
much the same manners in after his money,
Perhaps they are City Lights Naturally, the theme will be different, but what it will speak to Japan even the wireless on Charlie ralused, an invitation to be I can't tell you, as our plans the arrival of the Torakani Maru are not yet complete, a
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SYD CHAPLIN,
ducten there," le said, with aingly At, and evidently does not Syd Chaplin was looking axosed. smile, and continued, I mean abare his brother's views on late that talkies have certainly made the rising, for he was on deck, before movics more interesting and they savan, o'clock. He commented him are exceedingly good entertainment, burously on the clock on Kowlood but they have not improved the Railway station standard of noting. I would say that there is more interest but less
art,"
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