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Re: Our TUESDAY Evening Chat/Film Viewing: A Chan Mini Marathon on TCM!

I really enjoyed the Warner Oland portrayal in C. C. at the Circus. In the movie Charlie has his own way of saying famous phrases that are a little unusual. However one such aphorism he used was actually more accurate than the way it is usually heard. In one scene Charlie says that "Music soothe savage breast." While this is a shortened version of the actual saying, it is ironically more accurate, as it is ususally misstated as "Music has charms to soothe a savage BEAST", when indeed breast is the proper word.