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- TriviaThe proceeds of this 500 foot film went to the War Relief Fund. Harry Lauder came to the United States to try and raise $5,000,000. Efforts were also made to raise an additional sum of money through the sale of fifty thousand photographs of the two comedians. A dozen different poses were taken.
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A couple decades ago, I made it a point to see every available Charlie Chaplin short....and "Chaplin Meets Harry Lauder" was not among them. I assume like so many other silents that this one was only recently discovered or restored.
Before I started this short, I had to look up who Harry Lauder was, as I'd never heard of him. He apparently was a successful Scottish music hall performer and comic. Folks in 1918 probably would have known who he was...though today he's pretty much forgotten.
As for the film, it's really NOT a Chaplin comedy short...but more filming how the two comics meet and exchange pleasantries. They both dress up and act like each other and Chaplin shows him around his studio. They also act a bit for the camera...chasing each other about the property and laughing up a storm. I'd consider it more a documentary than a comedy...and is a film more suited for die-hard Chaplin fans than anyone else.
Before I started this short, I had to look up who Harry Lauder was, as I'd never heard of him. He apparently was a successful Scottish music hall performer and comic. Folks in 1918 probably would have known who he was...though today he's pretty much forgotten.
As for the film, it's really NOT a Chaplin comedy short...but more filming how the two comics meet and exchange pleasantries. They both dress up and act like each other and Chaplin shows him around his studio. They also act a bit for the camera...chasing each other about the property and laughing up a storm. I'd consider it more a documentary than a comedy...and is a film more suited for die-hard Chaplin fans than anyone else.
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