YourCardinThisPocketKeepBooks will be issued on ofonly presentation properlibrary cards.Unless labeled books be retainedotherwise/ may,fc>r two weeks. Borrowers booksfinding marked, defaced or "mutilated are toexpected same atreportotherwise the lastlibrary desk; borrower will be held* "for all discovered.responsible imperfectionsThe card holder is for all booksresponsible drawnon this card. A\ ; ,%0forPenalty over-due books 2c *a cost ofday plusnotices.Lost cards and of mustchange residence be reported promptly.Public LibraryKansas Mo.City,!YourCard inThisPocketKeepBERKOWITZ ENVELOPE K. MO.CO., O.,DATE DOE:TO A FEW FRIENDSAND TO MY MOTHERIN GRATITUDEAND WITHDEEP AFFECTIONI DEDICATE THIS BOOK.ForewordCHAELES SPENCER film comedian exCHAPLIN,and the most known intraordinary widely figurethe of motion holds the distinchistory pictures,tion of for as the outenduring twenty-five yearsif somewhat ofstanding, enigmatic, personalitythe screen. To retain such universal popularity,in its in an butdeeper sense, industry graduallyits as an of thesurely taking place integral partan all toowhich often raises itsarts, industryfavorite to stardom to hurl himovernight onlyback into oblivion with this achieveequal celerity,ment of Charlie s becomes ofChaplin worthyserious consideration.What manner of man is this who sits securelyhis throne millions into hisofupon golden pouredofcoffers a world-wide audience? What sortbyman can ...
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DEEP AFFECTION
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.Foreword
CHAELES SPENCER film comedian exCHAPLIN,
and the most known intraordinary widely figure
the of motion holds the distinchistory pictures,
tion of for as the outenduring twenty-five years
if somewhat ofstanding, enigmatic, personality
the screen. To retain such universal popularity,
in its in an butdeeper sense, industry gradually
its as an of thesurely taking place integral part
an all toowhich often raises itsarts, industry
favorite to stardom to hurl himovernight only
back into oblivion with this achieveequal celerity,
ment of Charlie s becomes ofChaplin worthy
serious consideration.
What manner of man is this who sits securely
his throne millions into hisofupon golden poured
ofcoffers a world-wide audience? What sortby
man can to the universaldefy any challenge ap
of a who can resistpeal single characterization,
for ten the more modern medium for exyears
of silent films intothe transition talkingpression,
pictures?
this sustained hold the taste,Surely upon public8 FOREWORD
a certainthe affection, artistrypublic implies
there are few toif will. And denygenius, you
into bold reliefthat Charlie has broughtChaplin
ofancient art of as athe portrayalpantomime
life.humanmodern,
the of morehas been writingChaplin subject
than most of hisand fewer accurate delineations
the He has encontemporaries throughout years.
the man evthe status of beingjoyed paradoxical
Protected aknows knows.yet nobody byerybody
isolation in his he hasself-imposed private life,
certain dramatic in hishad, nevertheless, phases
and their dissolutwolife, marriages subsequent
the front of Americanemblazoned ontions, pages
Andfor weeks and months at a time.newspapers
when we reflect the adverse toupon publicity
which he was at these some of itsubjected times,
careless of the it is small wonder thattruth,
Charles is of himself toChaplin wary revealing
or that he bends over backthe serious biographer
in himselfward aboutexpurgating any story
Awhich is submitted to him for his approval.
true of him of be anbiography must, necessity,
unauthorized one to survive with value as anany
accurate chronicle.
Because of this consistent todiscouragement
few stories of or what isbiographers, any length,
more have been uncovered inimportant, strength,
this writer s search for material to thispertinent
book. a mild little book written W.One, by Dodg-FOREWORD 9
inson Bowman makes no effort to trace the1931,
of the man behind the artist and succeedspattern
in not it. It can be assumed that themanutracing
of this book was either censored its subscript by
theor with wish in theject prepared uppermost
mind of the writer not to offend. itConsequently,
has scant value in the vitalliving, Chapdepicting
lin. The most colorful and the most redramatic,
and not in thevealing always creditable, episodes
life of the of are veiledKing Comedy by meager
or with anparagraphs ignored airy sycophancy
which the value of the book as a truedestroys
biography. ^^
a serial written in a state ofAnother, magazine
Carl Robinson after his dismissalpique by by
Charlie in in can be consideredAlgiers 1931, only
as a on the wrist. That Robinson received aslap
sum in advance for all" couldgoodly "telling (he
not tell is not for revelational acit) surprising,
counts of Charlie are as rare as blue-and-Chaplin
white-checked nightingales laying polka-dot eggs.
And Carl never in the intimate confiRobinson,
dence of his himknew as well asemployer, only
the could.average acquaintance
of s
<j* Throughout eighteen years Chaplin twenty-
*
five on the there has been one emyears screen,
one who theknowsployee, person actually Chaplin,
man. That this has littleemployee understanding
the of anof nature takescomplex artist, nothing
from the facts. That is as he isemployee "Kono,"10 FOREWORD
known in in New overHollywood, York, Europe,
all who know Charlie Chaplin.by
s has seensecretary,Kono, Chaplin Japanese
thethrough years, promises broken, obligations
a ruthlessness toward a cowardiceevaded, women,
of the mechanics of life all hisbeyondpractical
This sees a man anunderstanding. biographer
artist with the whole of awho, courage sorely
tried heart and has andunquenchable ideals, again
mastered a bitter fate and theagain recaptured
essence of his life.
combatto the forces ofHelpless simple practical,
Charlieeveryday living, Chaplin has, nonetheless,
demonstrated a tostupendous ability growupward
to down internal tostormily, put revolt, produce
the form of his art controlled to aliving precise
measure and to an removed from allausterity
uncertainty.
Moore has "For the true ofGeorge said, picture
a me the Thisman, give disrespectful biography."
unauthorized of Charles is intendedstory Chaplin
to be in so far as is"disrespectful" only necessary
to the truth. It is far from the author sdepict
intention to the rather is it herdisparage subject;
desire to the character of theguard scrupulously
artist from of baseness. And it is%any implication
because the man not to the hour but tobelongs
that the writer maintains theposterity right
to the hitherto unknown facts of Charlieembody
s life within the covers of a book.Chaplin