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When Charlie Chaplin Entered a Chaplin Look-Alike Contest and Came in 20th Place
Charlie Chaplin started appearing in his first films in 1914 – 40 films, to be precise – and, by 1915, the United States had a major case of “Chaplinitis.” Chaplin moustaches were suddenly popping up everywhere – as were Chaplin imitators and Chaplin look-alike contests. A young Bob Hope apparently won one such contest in Cleveland. Chaplin Fever continued burning hot through 1921, the year when a Chaplin look-alike contest was held outside the Liberty Theatre in Bellingham, Washington.
According to legend, somewhere between 1915 and 1921, Chaplin decided to enter a Chaplin look-alike contest, and lost, badly.
A short article called “How Charlie Chaplin Failed,” appearing in The Straits Times of Singapore in August of 1920, read like this:
Lord Desborough, presiding at a dinner of the Anglo-Saxon club told a story which will have an enduring life. It comes from Miss Mary Pickford who told it to Lady Desborough, “Charlie Chaplin was one day at a fair in the United States, where a principal attraction was a competition as to who could best imitate the Charlie Chaplin walk. The real Charlie Chaplin thought there might be a chance for him, so he entered for the performance, minus his celebrated moustache and his boots. He was a frightful failure and came in twentieth.
A variation on the same story appeared in a New Zealand newspaper, the Poverty Bay Herald, again in 1920. As did another story in the Australian newspaper, the Albany Advertiser, in March, 1921.
A competition in Charlie Chaplin impersonations was held in California recently. There was something like 40 competitors, and Charlie Chaplin, as a joke, entered the contest under an assumed name. He impersonated his well-known film self. But he did not win; he was 27th in the competition.
Did Chaplin come in 20th place? 27th place? Did he enter a contest at all? It’s fun to imagine that he did. But, a century later, many consider the story the stuff of urban legend. When one researcher asked the Association Chaplin to weigh in, they apparently had this to say: “This anecdote told by Lord Desborough, whoever he may have been, was quite widely reported in the British press at the time. There are no other references to such a competition in any other press clipping albums that I have seen so I can only assume that this is the source of that rumour, urban myth, whatever it is. However, it may be true.”
source: Openculture
look-alike – hasonmás
to appear – megjelenni
to be precise – hogy pontosak legyünk
moustache – bajusz
suddenly – hirtelen
to pop up – felbukkanni
contest – verseny
apparently – látszólag
to continue – folytatni
to be held – megtartva lenni
according to – valami szerint
legend– legenda
badly – csúnyán
enduring – sokáig megmaradó, időtálló
fair – itt: búcsú
principal attraction – fő látványosság
competition – verseny
performance – előadás, szereplés
frightful – félelmetes, ijesztő
failure – bukás, felsülés
impersonation – megszemélyesítés
recently – korábbi, közelmúltbeli
under an assumed name – álnév alatt
century – évszázad
to consider – számításba venni
urban legend – városi legenda
researcher – kutató
widely – széles (körben)
press – sajtó
reference – hivatkozás
to assume – feltételezni
