The Immigrant Clippings 53/72
Motion Picture News, New York, June 30, 1917
Chaplin in The Immigrant on
June 18
Chaplin‘s latest comedy, The Immigrant, eleventh of his
productions for Mutual, is released on June 18.
The entire action of this comedy takes place in two
locations – the steerage of an ocean steamer and
a cheap restaurant patronized by the foreigners in America.
On shipboard Charlie divides his time between
flirting with a pretty immigrant girl, played by Edna Purviance,
and playing cards wit her gambling father. These card
games are literally cutthroat affairs, and lucky are the players
if they get through a game without some bloodshed.
An old chest is used for a card table and upturned buckets
form the chairs. When Charlie found that the other men
,sat in‘ with revolvers and stilettos, he secured the emergency
fire hatchet and placed it across his knees.
In the tawdry surroundings of a restaurant Charlie again
meets his sweetheart of the boat, and together they
consume their beans and black coffee, with Charlie dividing
his time between making love and wondering where
he is to secure money to pay for the repast.“
(...) Motion Picture News, June 30, 1917
„Charlie Chaplin Immortalizes The Immigrant“
Editorial content. „Charlie Chaplin Immortalizes The Immigrant
in New Mutual Release“
Three photos.
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