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HERE THEN IS THE
SUPERB TRAGEDY
The Clown Makes
A Fool
Of Himself
MR Charles Chaplin has come a long way, in M
fact as far as it is from Kennington Lane in the shims of South London, to New York, where he is both literally and histrionically, an exiled king.
Readers must be aware of the terrife outery this tim caused; how it was banished from the screens in the Stutes: how a crowd of Americans elurtered a plane to Canada and saw it there,
Now it has come ket. hot without
cussion, so we will take Alm to pieces, and むむ makes it tick.
th
go
to Hoa- time they show the "Chaplin some
dis- Festival in the Colony,
look nt have
"The and
In.. what Emigrant." There, against
terpolated shots of the Statu
thu of berty, you will see
migrants being pushed around by emigration olleers,
First of all, let us look the political stuff which Chai- lie's enemies have called Com munist propaganda, and his
Secondly, there is
an out- admirers call, common sense
The first shot of that kind spoken commen! by Chapin on the of trial in having the decline Shows Charles Chaplin
iwo He speaks of ugainst world. Als Angerprints taken
ago when men of music and generations a background
which proclaim, could travel with passports and Comments
pollce censorship, and all the America, home of democracy,
Heavens above, that is an old shot, as old as Chaplin's first SPOTST 11E47 EBKAMEL'arrival in the States. The next conceals as it heals. to a handy tube today! Two
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that misery and suspicion included in a visit to a foreign country.
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Charlie Chaplin, sans big boots, sans boiler, moustache, sans case, as he in "A King appears in,
New York."
Carity regime, and it denounces what some called "Witch. hunting."
been
MISS CHINA
From King Wood
DOLL
LOOKS
BACK AT HK
NILE
Singapore.
old world courtesy
Tof the Hongkong guys has made a big impression on Singapore's Miss China Doll.
L
eye-
Daisy Szoto, the catching holder of the title, returned home after a two- week holiday in Hougkong full of praise for the suave
of ness and clothes sense the Hongkong men.
Twenty-two-year-old Dalsy, the proud possessor of a 36-23- 351⁄2 gure that admits of 110 argument, wan the Hongkong other trip together with the prizes at a Mins China Dail con- test here last month. It was her frat talp back since she left at the age of five.
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But she is so delighted with everything she found there he wonderful shopping, the holiday atmosphere and the night clubs that do not follow Cinderella bours--that she wants to return for another holiday.
So Well-Dressed
And of course she found the Hongkong m1:07 ever so well dressed and looking so nice.
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"Even the taller who brought me some dresses was wearing o The plain and sad truth is, suit of the latest American cut. ties Charles Chaplin,
being People here only wear from the supreme humanitarian has when they are going to parties," ventured onto territory
of she said. which he knows nothing, and And then, fearing the ire of in short, the clown has made a the local boys, she added; "Or course, I like people to dress fool of himself.
As with other great artists simply," and selentists who have
Her other observations flattered by the Comintern. Hongkong males are up follows: he has appointed himself their "They are so polite and they spokesman in his own particu- know how to treat ladies. For example, after having a dance they will escort you back to your sent and pull out the chair for you. In Singapore you sometimes and you have to make your own way back from the middle of the durice floor,
"And when the men there see
Jar line of art.
He is as stupid as the nit- is wits who venture on a Cook's Tour of Communist countries, and return and say: "The streets ure clean," or there are no flies.
of real
Then
this somewhere stage, Mr Chaplin Joses his
AUSTRALIAN NEWSLETTER
It can be safely said that
Sydney. the Defence Department officials
men and women to be trans-
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Back in 1950-51 the wool boys were will be the unhappiest body of treating cheques for £1,000 or more as ferrod since convict days. so much small change. They had re-
Postage stamps certainly papered the parlour, bought a now American car, given the wife a fur help to roll in the change. The Post Office printing coat, could meet their bank manager on branch churned out 1,189 them last year, friendly terms and still laugh happily which returned £26 million.
By
after backing a series of losers.
Mostly the 1958 the wheel has made a full turn.
American car is gone; so has the fur coat, and the bank manager is someone to be seen only when called to his office and that to be postponed as long as possible.
In short, the wool
million of
This is apart from the £13 million paid by business houses for bulk postage,
THE Australian Naval college has, for 30 cheque Auditor-Generals' report regard- has had lumps knocked off it ing two loans made by the Bank. years and more, been located over the last six years yet One was dor £4,243,080 tont Flinders Naval Dapot, rosts have been steadily rising. coment company and another of Melbourne, but recently was The big man is more tum just an £1 millio was to a transferred back to Jervis feeling the pinch; the sul dairying society. man is having úls toughest tret for more than 20 years.
Woolgrowers' organisations
When arnong are bickering
a reserve floor selves about price for wool, but bad and all
Some
No doubt he has also caught Bay on the NSW conat,
mighty interesting up on his rending and learned of
been unearthed the awkward questions asked figures have
about the cost of training the in and some nasty things said
these future officers of the Navy. State Parliament about
Cost of the transfer to date is whooping Ŏ Ds.
with U Murther £292,184
to bo spent this £32,000
tho
as things are it is pounds to Mr McKerihan said he was pennuts tlust the Individual still of the opinion that his bank grower will stick to the auction had not made a mistake in lend
24 pillion to Jag the systern.
cement company.
This company has made lesses A Queensland engineer is since its formation come years planning to open Australia's ago and the bank was at loan- £4 million seems to be a fair first mashed potato factory ing money.
and plans to spend £50,000 lump of cash to drag out of the
make available tailor- red in the future. made mash.
to
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ISS Mona Crawford, a
nanein) year.
temper, and we cease to laugh. knowledge of the real alms and pretty girl, they will only slop RESIDENT of the Rural fashion director of a man has set up to keep him
and sit up a bit horrified. Forty
used ho years ago,
young Jackie Coogon to illustrate the tragedy of a worle tani
Per wild to run mitted children
the streets
re
be
Al any
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Now he uses his own
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son to illustrate the tragedy of young child caught between the hammer and the anvil of con- fradletors ideologies.
☆☆
It isn't pretty, it isn't anu- int. It is awful, and it one can the world's greates reprove
cinema gents, it is bad, crude art.
The fun is greatest at a point where Chaplin, disassociating himself entirely from the scene in its comic sense, introduces hit of slapstick that has shaken the world with laughter the days
the shice
when Mumming Birds trotted it
the London Stages. -
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Without one scrap ideologies of these modern and stare whereas the men here dictators who
seek to replace will give weit whistles and make men made in the likeness of fresh remaries In loud voices." God by robots fashioned after their own bittor and distorted idents, the prtists set up
AS
...And Dolls
propagandists of Д system It was just as well that no to be which, they think, being right one in Hongkong tried In one detail is correct in all fresh with Daisy because she is girl who can really take care of herself. As a gymnast she has between the strength to balance two men So this Alm falls
ideals the humanitarian
of in a human pyramid, not to Chaplin, which have caused him mention her other accomplish- shot to be universally admired and ments as a weight-lifter, the propagandist of a system of putter, discus thrower, sprinter. which he has only IL super-swimmer and surfer. ficial knowledge.
lan
more
Daisy also has some good What a pity. Chaplin always words to my about Hongkong wisted
superh dolls. She finds them suphistic to be the dramatle actor. Here then Isaled, stim and well-dressed. "Singapore girls can learn the superb tragedy: himself; al the end of the road paved with lot from them with regard to the hair styles and clothes. Their old, that led him from
indivi- the hair styles are slums of the Barough to
dualistle and they know how to gold of Californin.
Acccesories for How well the Chaplin of the use matching ever
bowler hat, the big shoes, and their clothes. the walking cane could
"They also seem to have less done this Alm. But the clegant trouble with avoirdupois thom
They the bit floppy the girls in Singapore. Chaplin is saES shoes, and the walking cane isappear so sleek and trim.” replaced by a gold mounted Walle in Hongkong Daisy mot stick. Gone is the smudge many of the local movie queens. the upper Kp. The bowler? With the Hongkong interlude am much afraid Mr Chaplu's head is far too big for it,
And as one cockney to an- bitter, other, I sny, "Come off it,
Me Charley?"
otit
Now even the ninst casual lim critic must ask, what has Fone wrong?
just can't You hegin to tackle this film as Alm without taking into
con-
sideration the changed Chay liri.
The whole fim s savage comment on the
on
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over, she has now returned her normal job of receptionist at a Chinese bank.
—DAVID T. K. WONG
of cadela enrolled Number this year is 89 and to train them is a staff of 147. Training each cadet this year will set taxpayers back £3,065 a lad.
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men who really builds you up, but it Council that is doubtful if Mr McKerihan waistcoats had two expressions
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Some of her more plth re- instrumentality
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He came back to read siderable criticism in
Daisy Szeto
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