Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-03-31 | Page 13 | Globe Trotting Film Man is Here

GLOBE TROTTING FILM MAN IS HERE George W. Jarrot Tells How He Introduced Intro-duced Cliarlie Chaplin in Pictures Pic-tures In Russia. George W. Jarrot, the first to introduce intro-duce Charlie Chaplain and the American one-step in Russia, arrived in Salt Lake yesterday afternoon and is at the New-house New-house hotel. He is 'in Salt Lake to secure se-cure motion pictures to present in Bus-sia Bus-sia with Russian titles. Mr. Jarrot has danced his way around the globe. In Yokahama he danced before be-fore Rabindranath Tagore, who was then on his way to the "United States. Jarrot Jar-rot is due to open May 25 at Vladivostok, Vladivos-tok, and has arranged for a solid year and a half's booking in the largest theaters the-aters of Russia. , He was in Salt Laie in 1912 at the Orpheum theater as a member of the team of Jarrot and Maxwell. Max-well. Speaking of the impression which American' movies" make upon the Russians, Mr. Jarrot declared that they are generally misunderstood. ' ' American comedies are impossible over there," he said. "Bunny was the only American comedian the Russians ever liked, but his popularity was tremendous tre-mendous and almost universal. The Russians are a serious-minded people and only the tragic and intensely dra matic appeal to them." Mr. Jarrot said that Americans were extremely well, liked by the Russians and that since the beginning of the war trade relations between the United States and Russia have been greatly on the incline. Americans have been invading in-vading Russian markets during the last year, he declared, and have usurped most, of the business formerly done with Germany. He cited as an illustration that $8,000,000 worth of steel rails were ordered from the United States. Mr. Jarrot expressed the opinion that Russia would become one of the world 's greatest democracies. Already, he said, a stimulus has been given the people in abolishing censorship of the press and permitting free speech. Mr. Jarrot will be in the city until Tuesday, when he will leave for Los ' Angeles, and then to Japan on his way to Vladivostok, Sizoria.