“Tillie’s Romance” to be Revived

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 224, 10 December 1927, Page 25 (Supplement)

“Tillie’s Romance” to be Revived

i I Chaplin Refuses Part \ y

WILL NOT PLAY OLD ROLE '] | “Tillie’s Punctured Romance,” j j the old story that Marie Dressier, Charles Chaplin and Mabel Norma nd made years ago for Mack Sennett, is making strides forward in the hands of an able cast assem- f bled by Christie Brothers. The new version stars j j Louise Fazenda, for Para- j i mount release. ! L Huge circus tents with a real free show for all the kids that will come and sit in the seats, have been put °. up on the barren stretches of the old i Paramount lot at Vine and Sunset. J * BIG MONEY OFFERED | e The production is being made as a 3 big feature, and Charlie Chaplin, it is a said, was offered i P

I a sum representing j P I a sizable fraction a I of Lita’s settle- c I ment, to play the v> I same role in the I picture that lie did P I with Mabel and T I Marie, back round d I 1912. a I For some reason I probably because n S he felt it might o lower his position t:

i t- .j lower ms position Lou.se Fazenda ln the film world c , to work in somebody else’s picture, o: Charlie refused the offer. When j d Christies found they could not interest 1 Charlie in doing his part again, they o had the scenario rewritten so that the tc character Charlie played is omitted T from the 1927 picture. i b Mack Swain is playing the same role in the new picture that he played . h; in the first production with Marie Ist . Dressier. j n: