Golden Chance Lost

From The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia

Golden Chance Lost is an article published in The Gazette (Montreal) on 19 december 1925.

Two anecdotes told by Arthur Conan Doyle about Charlie Chaplin and Winston Churchill.


Golden Chance Lost

The Gazette (Montreal) (19 december 1925, p. 5)

Conan Doyle Tells of Charlie Chaplin's 50-50 Offer

London, Dec. 7 (By mail) — A remarkable story of a missed opportunity was told by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle at the annual dinner of the Savage Club. Referring to his association with the drama, he said that a young boy who was getting £2 a week in a play of his had once laughingly suggested that they should pool and divide their incomes for the rest of their lives. Sir Arthur regretted that he hadn't accepted the offer, for the boy was Charlie Chaplin.

An amusing tale was related by another speaker of Sir Arthur and Mr. Winston Churchill in France. They were talking together when a French lady came up to them and said: "I feel very proud of making the acquaintance of the inventor of Sherlock Holmes." Indicating Mr. Churchill, she said: "And this gentleman is, I suppose, my dear Watson."