chaplinfortheages: Charlie Chaplin with writers Upton Sinclair & Rob Wagner 1918, background
chaplinfortheages: Charlie Chaplin with writers Upton Sinclair & Rob Wagner 1918, background show the trenches set of “Shoulder Arms”. The man to his right, Upton Sinclair (1878-1968), an author and Pulitzer Prize winner but most famous for his 1906 book“The Jungle”. “The Jungle” exposed the U.S. Meat Packing Industry, shocking in it’s portrayal of the unsanitary conditions and how unsafe it was for public health. This ultimately led to stricter inspections in the form of the “Pure Food and Drug Act” & “Meat Inspection Act”. Upton Sinclair also ran for Governor of California in 1934. He was influential in Charlie’s early political thinking. The man to Chaplin’s left Rob Wagner, also a big influence on Chaplin. An author, Rob Wagner among his many talents, published a weekly film magazine “Script” from 1929-1949. -- source link
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