Stan Laurel Criticizes Charlie Chaplin

In a letter written in 1957 Stan Laurel agreed that Charlie Chaplin was "Mean and cheap" and showed "symptoms of insanity". The original was written partly around the edges, so I copied those portions of the letter and put them below it to give them the proper orientation and make them easier to read.

Reblogged from http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5137711/Letter-shows-Stan-Laurel-thought-Charlie-Chaplin-mean.html

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RKO Short Subjects Ad

Here is another ad for RKO short subjects. At left is Charlie Chaplin, between McCullough and Clark, Edgar Kennedy, Mickey Rooney*, and a number of cartoon characters. Van Buren was best known as a producer of cartoons, but also pro

Van Buren was best known as a producer of cartoons, but also produced the 12-chapter serial THE LAST FRONTIER, mentioned on the right. Van Buren also reissued the silent Charlie Chaplin films.


*Mickey Rooney played "Mickey McGuire" in a series of short subjects, which led to him adopting the name of "Mickey". His birth name was Joe Yule Jr..

Edgar Kennedy:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Kennedy

Clark and McCullough:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clark_and_McCullough

Mickey Rooney:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Rooney


Van Buren Studios:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Beuren_Studios



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Ad For RKO Short Subjects

Here we have an ad for RKO short subjects, which would seem to include short subjects made by Charlie Chaplin in the silent era as well as Van Beuren cartoons and the Pathe news.

Clark and McCullough are depicted at left next to Charlie Chaplin. Edgar Kennedy is at right, the girl near him is Florence Lake, who played his wife in the movies. The Blondes and The Redheads are presumably among the girls in the background. Ruth Etting would be in there somewhere as well, possibly she's the one waving her arms.

Note that Merian C. Cooper is named as Executive producer. He is probably most famous for making KING KONG, but as we have seen he was also involved in the making of FLYING DOWN TO RIO, which featured Carole Tevis and June Brewster in the musical numbers.







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MOVIE CLASSIC - October And November 1932

I was getting an article about Buster Keaton to begin with, then I saw some other things that interested me.


Paulette Goddard was one of the blondes early in her career. She worked with Thelma Todd at the Roach studio around this time.

 

 

 

 

 

Buster Keaton's wife divorced him

although this account differs somewhat from what actually happened.

 

 

 

Lina Basquette knew Thelma Todd and is mentioned in Donati's book.

 

 

Johnny Weissmuller did not work with Thelma Todd in the movies,

although they were photographed together. He married Lupe Velez, who started out at the Roach studio, and who made one movie with Thelma Todd, PALOOKA.

 

 

 

Thelma Todd was in CALL HER SAVAGE with Clara Bow.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Cecilia Parker is best known for playing Mickey Rooney's sister in the "Andy Hardy" movies.

 The publicity for those films did not depict her in a like manner.

 

 

 

Photos of Lupe Velez and Thelma Hill appear on this page.

 

Thelma Hill also worked for Roach.

 

 

 

Buster Keaton's "Land Yacht" is the subject of this article, which mentions his friend Lew Cody.

Lew Cody had been married to Mabel Normand, who was deceased at the time that this article was written. Lew Cody too would pass away afterwards. Buster Keaton's life at this time was not a happy one.









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"The Case Against Chaplin" - PHOTOPLAY, September 1943

Adela Rogers St. John didn't always get her facts straight. I don't know about the part about Stanley Lupino being an air raid warden*, but he wasn't killed by a German bomb, he simply became sick and died. Still, if he made any kind of a contribution to the war effort at all, there was reason to say that he did more than Chaplin was doing at the time.


*Donati's IDA LUPINO does say that Stanley Lupino was an air raid warden during the second World War.


Kill Chaplin:
http://benny-drinnon.blogspot.com/2012/12/kill-chaplin.html

Paulette Godard:
http://benny-drinnon.blogspot.com/2012/02/paulette-goddard.html

Pearl Harbor:
http://benny-drinnon.blogspot.com/2012/12/pearl-harbor.html



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POPEYE'S HOW TO DRAW CARTOONS By Joe Musial

POPEYE'S HOW TO DRAW CARTOONS is a little book that shows you how to do just that. The author was one of the artists who worked on the Popeye comic strip, which had been originated by E.C. Segar.



Reblogged from http://cartoonsnap.blogspot.com/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

These caricatures were familiar faces to people of that day. From the left, top: Charlie Chaplin, Will Rogers, Franklin Delano Roosevelt. From the left, bottom: George Arliss, W. C. Fields, Irvin S. Cobb, and Babe Ruth.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The creator of Popeye had at one time been a movie projectionist and his work was influenced to some extent by the movies. Segar at one time drew Charlie Chaplin comics. His most popular comic strip ( which introduced Popeye ) "Thimble Theater" had a name reminiscent of Ed Wheelan's "Minute Movies". The version of Olive Oyl seen in animated cartoons was clearly influenced by Zasu Pitts. Bluto was more or less a stock heavy such as Eric Campbell had played in silent movies. Oliver Hardy had also played the same type before being teamed with Stan Laurel at the Hal Roach studio.


Joe Musial:
http://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/musial_joseph.htm


E. C. Segar:
http://home.earthlink.net/~thimbletheatre/ecsegar.html





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