Charlie Schokman Archives

“A CHAPTER ON COMEDY” – by Des Kelly It had to come from Charles Schokman of course, and e’Lanka says “thank you” to both “Charlies” involved. The Chaplain that Schokman is referring to, in this most interesting story, is of course The former Knight of the British Empire, Sir Charles Chaplain, mostly famous as a comical British Actor, who brought smiles and laughter to millions of folk around the Globe, who watched Charlie’s antics on Cinema Screens everywhere. Unlike many English Comedians of his era, Charlie Chaplain was not large at all in stature, but, made up for this amply, in the roles he played, with a natural comedic abandon, most brilliantly. However, in addition to his acting, Sir C.C. was also a Musician of note, whose most famous song Composition was naturally titled “Smile”, a most beautiful piece of music with lyrics to match. ...

A-Z By Des Kelly A wonderful “title”, if I may say so, myself, for this man named “ANTON” Karas, who provides the “meaning of life” on an instrument, rarely heard of, related closely to the Harp, and piano, the “ZITHER”. The harp, an absolutely beautiful instrument, more or less, a “Grand-Piano” without it’s huge structure of a walnut frame complete with ivory & ebony “keys” is generally used in Orchestras, but nowadays as a solo instrument which is very much smaller, enabling the harpist to carry it around much more conveniently. It is my personal observation that the harp looks much better played by a beautiful woman (depending, of course, on how well she plays it), but, it was a man, strangely named after the instrument, also better known a a comedian brother of “the Marx-family”, Harpo Marx, who was reputed to be the BEST Harpist in the World. He ...