There are always rumours about Mr. Charles Chaplin's intentions. It takes him a long time to make up his mind about anything and, even when it is made up, he not infrequently changes it. It must now be some years since rumour told us that Chaplin was going to make an end of the famous little tramp who, not excepting Mickle Mouse and Felix, the Cat, is the most famous personality all over the world which the cinema has presented, But the little tramp been an unconscionable time in dying, Now, Mr. Chaplin assures us, the death sentence has been passed and never again, save in revivals, the public see the little man with the bowler hat, the big boots, the hooked cane and the Hitler moustache. In his next picture Chaplin will appear as something quite different and he will certainly talk, With him will be Miss Paulette Goddard, who made a hit in "Modern Times."
But the genius of Chaplin turned him into a familiar figure to all humanity and a multitude? of picture-goers will still hope that once more his creator will change his mind and that we shall see again the table smile and the inimitably lifted bowler hat,
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