No, it wasn’t shell shock that made him look like that. He is perfectly normal, except that he is an expert on bugs, and as such is called upon to run a household that hasn't heard the armistice has been signed. The role gives Wallace Reid, the Paramount star, a new opportunity to demonstrate his versatility in the new William de Mille production, “Clarence." The whole series of humorous complications that develop in the play were due to Clarence's confession that he drove mules during the war without swearing.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17030, 2 May 1923, Page 5
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89No, it wasn’t shell shock that made him look like that. He is perfectly normal, except that he is an expert on bugs, and as such is called upon to run a household that hasn't heard the armistice has been signed. The role gives Wallace Reid, the Paramount star, a new opportunity to demonstrate his versatility in the new William de Mille production, “Clarence." The whole series of humorous complications that develop in the play were due to Clarence's confession that he drove mules during the war without swearing. Star (Christchurch), Issue 17030, 2 May 1923, Page 5
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