THE CINEMA WORLD.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20331, 14 June 1934, Page 16

THE CINEMA WORLD.

Charlie Chaplin’s Plans Outlined. DISNEY'S CARTOONS. Reference to two of Hollywood’s most interesting personalities—Charlie Chaplin, the world-famous comedian, and Walt Disney, the equally famous creator of Mickey Mouse—was made yesterday by Mr Arthur W. Kelly, a vice-president of United Artists, of America, during a flying visit to Christchurch. “Chaplin,” said Mr Kelly, “hasn’t made a picture for three years, but he is now hard at work on his next venture. I spent a week-end with him on his yacht before I left Hollywood, and he outlined his plans to me. The. production will be a so-called ‘ silent ’ one, but it will introduce many remarkable sound effects and singing. Chaplin himself will not speak.” Mr Kelly added that many people were under the impression that Chaplin could not talk sufficiently well to “ get over ” on the screen. “As a matter of fact, he has a good voice,” said Mr Kelly. “He was recently offered a sum of 600,000 dollars for a ten-minute radio talk one night a week, but the star turned it down because he considered that the public would be disappointed when his silent picture was released and he did not speak. Chaplin is definitely against making his famous character talk. “ However, he is going to make a talkie, but he will not star in the film. In it he will introduce his new leading lady, Paulette Goddard. Chaplin will be the director of this production.” Another Famous Character. Mr Kelly said that Walt Disney, the cartoonist, was another great character in Hollywood, one of the outstanding geniuses of the picture industry and the age. Mr Kelly stated that it was probable that Disney would make Mickey Mouse films in colour this season. He would also make a well-known subject into a coloured feature. This would take him a year to produce. In this production Disney hoped to introduce a new combination of elements. “ Disney,” said Mr Kelly, “ has already proved that he can get four colours out of a three-colour process, as demonstrated in his last Silly Symphony, ‘ Funny Bunnies,’ also in the George Arliss picture, 4 The House of Rothschild,’ which has a sequence in colour. Disney will attempt to introduce living persons and make them work in conjunction with the inanimated figures in his cartoon—this will be his greatest contribution to the science of picturemaking.”