Charlie Chaplin

[england]

http/www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gj3qesTjOE8&feature=player_embedded#!

On the DVD extras for Charlie Chaplin's 'The Circus', a woman is spotted in the background at the movie's premiere in 1928 and appears to be talking on a mobile phone.
Stunned by what he saw, Irish filmmaker George Clarke consulted experts on his find,

Personally im leaning toward "she's just camera shy and saying "stop pointing that camera at me!!".
What do you think?

 

[chrisrm]

very odd! if you were to see her walking around today she would quite obviously be talking on a mobile!

 

[england]

Oh i like this comment someone just left
"That's a horn placed in the ear to amplify hearing... Quite commonly used before the advent of modern hearing aids."

 

[ian]

interesting Nelly, i'm with the 'she has toothache' crowd.