Chaplin -- No Booby Prize

A little while ago, David Totheroh expressed distain over my bringing up a Chaplin-look-alike contest that Chaplin entered and didn't win.

David expressed his contention that it was a fable.

In reading an article from that dusty fortress of valuable reading material of mine, I've come across an article by Konrad Bercovici entitled A DAY WITH CHARLIE CHAPLIN (Harpers, Dec 1928) (I bet my Sweetie remembers when that issue hit the stands!)

'...Charlie told me the story of how he had gone to San Francisco incognito to try to win a prize offered by a moving picture house to the man best imitating Charlie Chaplin.

''I did my best,' Charlie assured me, 'but couldn't even win the booby prize. The man who won the first prize was perfectly awful. If that's what I look like in other people's eyes...'

'And he wouldn't say another word.'

~ Crooner

Now awaiting another Totheroh assault on Chaplin's words so that he - and he alone - can be right.

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Did you ever think that Chaplin may have had enough and had a go at the reporter on that day by repeating he latest story available to him. Better yet imagine the reporter of said article may have made it all up as was very much the case during that period in American history.

Either way who the hell cares?

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