Chaplin Segment on CBS Sunday Morning, January 4

dtotheroh.DeleteThis@aol.com (David Totheroh) wrote in message news:<31dd3eaa.0401040722.48b5b1c3.DeleteThis@posting.google.com>...
> rfcsac627n.DeleteThis@aol.com (RFCSAC627N) wrote in message news:<20040103150716.09564.00002249.DeleteThis@mb-m17.aol.com>...
> > Charlie Chaplin: A Look Back
> >
> > Jan. 4, 2004


> >> > Even after he'd lost most of his audience to talking pictures, Charlie Chaplin
> > still liked what he saw. And he still enjoyed his inspired creation -- the
> > Tramp who made it against all odds.
>
> And guess which scene they used to illustrate "the Tramp who made it
> against all odds." None other than that 'feel sorry for me,
> self-pitying, bathetic' insignificant 16 frames that closed The
> Circus. Sometimes some people just don't get it, do they?

Well, at least the people at CBS did.

I thought the piece was tasteful and well put together, including the
choice and editing of the clips. They avoided the rather sleazy tone
that the A&E biography lapsed into at times, and touched on all the
most essential points, given the time limit.

I wasn't overwhelmed by the visual quality of the Warners' clips.
Maybe it
was the reception, but my Region 2 DVDs look a lot better.
Interestingly enough, for _The Gold Rush_ they used clips from the
reconstruction of '25.

Connie K.