CHAPLIN'S SONG
£IOOO FOR COMPOSER
PATHS, Aug. 33
M. Leo Danidcroff, tlio composer oi' tin- sonjj "Jo chcrcho apres Titine," which was popular in many countries .10 years ago, has had a, windfall. When ho called on the. Society of Authors for his royalties he found that the pong had suddenly brought hi in in about; £IOOO.
The tuno was incorporated in the last scene of "Modem Times" by Charlie Chaplin-, who sings it: in a cafe in a language invented by hfcn on the spot. M. Dnnideroff said to-day that he was unable to claim royalties in America, as he had sold t'aent for very little years ago. "Before tie filth came, to ffWco," he said, "representations were successfully made to claim royalties on my song. The film has no# been shown, in Paris for months and .T am benefiting by it."
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19133, 30 September 1936, Page 15
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143CHAPLIN'S SONG Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19133, 30 September 1936, Page 15
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