Mysterious Actor In Chaplin’s THE CIRCUS

This piece first appeared yesterday over on Vulture – “Did a Time Traveler Crash Charlie Chaplin’s 1928 Movie Premiere?” By today, the 8 minute video had spread like wildfire all over the internet…I even had people emailing me whether I had seen it or not.

So from the horse’s mouth:

This short film is about a piece of footage I (George Clarke) found behind the scenes in Charlie Chaplins film ‘The Circus’. Attending the premiere at Manns Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, CA – the scene shows a large woman dressed in black with a hat hiding most of her face, with what can only be described as a mobile phone device – talking as she walks alone.

Clarke goes on to say:

I have studied this film for over a year now – showing it to over 100 people and at a film festival, yet no-one can give any explanation as to what she is doing. My only theory – as well as many others – is simple… a time traveler on a mobile phone.

So WAMG readers, what do you say? Is this the real deal? Or some kinda hoax?