Silent Film Benefit features influential Chaplin film
'City Lights' inspired
Stanley Kubrick and
Woody Allen
STAFF REPORT
The Catalina Island Museum
will present what is considered
Charlie Chaplin's greatest film,
"City Lights," during its Silent
Film Benefit on Saturday, May
17.
"We were fortunate to have
lived in his time," said Bob Hope.
He was referring to Charlie
Chaplin.
The creator of the Little Tramp,
Chaplin is considered one of the
most respected actors, directors
and producers the film industry
has ever seen.
Interviews later in Chaplin's
life revealed that "City Lights"
was his personal favorite.
It is often declared "the most
Chaplin" of his films because it
combines all of his strengths - the
highbrow and the low, the seri-
ous and the slapstick. Over the
years he has influenced countless
famous actors and directors. Here
are just a few examples.
Orson Welles described "City
Lights" as his favorite film.
Stanley Kubrick listed it in is top
10. Woody Allen said it influ-
enced the final scene in one of his
best films, "Manhattan. "
"His interweaving of serious
and moving dramatic touches into
his comedy is the most obvious
lesson I've learned from him,"
said Allen.
"He was Ovitz, Speilberg,
Silver, Redford, John Williams
and Baryshnikov all rolled into
one," Ivor Davis wrote in Los
Angeles Magazine.
"He was improvising before
Robin Williams ever set foot in a
comedy club and treating actors
like cattle way before Hitchcock.
Like Ross Perot, he put his money
where his mouth was, financing
his own pictures--often to the
tune of millions of dollars. He
Sheriff's Log
Six marijuana
citations issued on
May 2 at the Mole
The following is the Avalon
Sheriff's Station significant inci-
dents report for the week of April
Capt. Doug
Fetteroll
Station commander
30 to May 6. A signifi-
cant incident is defined
as one that generates a
report. "It is important
to note t.hat no assump-
tion of criminal guilt
or affiliation should be
drawn from the con-
tent of the information
provided in this report.
Many people who get
arrested do not get con-
victed or even charged
with crimes for which
they have been arrested," said
Capt. Doug Fetteroll, commander
of the Avalon Sheriff's Station.
April 3O
• Melissa Petty M/40, a resi-
dent of Alta Loma, was arrested
for Drunk in Public.
Charlie Chaplin as the Little
Tramp in "City Ughts." Photo
courtesy of Roy Export
Company Establishment
destroyed sets and reshot endings
on whim. He told the world he was
more popular than Jesus Christ
(and he was) years before the
Beatles did," Davis wrote.
"I think this character repre-
sents something in all of us to
an emotional degree that I don't
know if any other screen character
does," said Dustin Hoffman dur-
ing an interview in 2003.
"Certainly at the time (of 'City
Lights' production) the Little
Tramp was the most famous char-
acter in the world. He's a per-
petual outsider, and his humor
comes from how inappropriately
he behaves, which is true of all of
us," Hoffman said.
"We are all perpetual outsiders
somewhere deep in us; otherwise
we wouldn't search for commu-
May 3
Michael Campos, M/27, a resi-
dent of Moreno Valley was arrest-
ed for assault with a deadly weap-
on (beer bottle). Adrian Campos,
M/23, a resident of Moreno Valley
was arrested for battery.
• Enrique Bravo,
M/25, a resident of
Avalon, was arrested for
driving under" the influ-
ence of alcohol.
• A Corona resident
was cited for possession
of Marijuana.
May 4
• An Avalon resi-
dent reported being the
victim of a forgery and
identity theft.
• A juvenile from Newbury
Park was cited for possession of
Marijuana two days after he aban-
doned his backpack at the Mole
during the narcotics interdiction
•effort.
• Andres Almerick, M/30,
a resident of Los Angeles was
arrested for Drunk in Public.
May 5
• Edwin Poveda, M/49 a resi-
dent of Lawndale was arrested for
Drunk in Public.
• George MacKenzie, M/22,
a resident of Vancouver BC, was
arrested for taking a golf cart
without the owner's permission
(Joyriding).
May 6
• No significant incidents.
Golf carts
There were two golf cart thefts
this week and both were recov-
ered. One golf cart was recov-
ered immediately after the suspect
drove it out of a parking lot and
came face to face with deputies
at 2:20 in the morning. The other
was found, undamaged, in the
parking lot at Clarissa Courts.
nity as hard as we do," Hoffman
said.
"We directors belong to a well
respected profession," said film
director David Lean.
"At our head is Charlie Chaplin.
He writes his own stories. He
directs them. He acts in them and
he even composes the music. He
is the one truly creative artist the
cinema has produced," said Lean.
The Catalina Island Museum
will present Chaplin's acclainaed
masterpiece, "City Lights,, on
Saturday, May 17, in the Avalon
Casino Theater at 1 p.m.
For the first time in the Silent
Film Benefit's history, a full sym-
phony orchestra will accompany
the film.
Directed by Grammy Award-
winning conductor Richard
Kaufman, the orchestra is com-
prised of the most talented musi-
cians in Southern California.
Tickets for this year's Silent Film
Benefit are'selling fast. Tickets are
$15 for members of the museum
and $18 for general admission.
Arrive in your best 1920s dress
and receive a 50 percent discount
on admission.
Prizes will be awarded to the
best-dressed individual and cou-
ple.
Purchasing tickets is easy.
Please call 310-510-2414, visit the
museum in person or go to the
Silent Film event page on www.
CatalinaMuseum.org.
The Catalina Island Museum is
Avalon's sole institution devoted
to art, culture and history. The
museum, its digital theater and
store are located on the ground
floor of Avalon's historic Casino
and are open seven days a week,
from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more
information, the museum may be
reached by phone at 310-510-2414
or at its website: CatalinaMuseum.
org.
May 1
o-The City of Avalon sent
three station volunteers to
Disaster Communications Service
Quarterly Training at the Los
Angeles County Emergency
Operations Center.
May 2
• Six adults received citations
for possession of Marijuana dur-
ing a narcotics interdiction effort,
throughout the day, at the Cabrillo
Mole.
• Daisy Johannes, F/28, a resi-
dent of Van Nuys was arrested for
possession of a controlled sub-
stance, destruction of evidence,
and resisting arrest.
• A juvenile from Huntington
Beach was detained at the
Sheriff's Station for possession of
Marijuana.
• A glass window was broken
at a business in the 500 block of
Crescent Avenue.
• Rock Gosselin, M/56, a resi-
dent of Avalon was cited for driv-
ing under the influence of alco-
hol.
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