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J. B. Sutcliffe, Moving Picture World, New York, Sept. 1, 1917.
James T. Kelley, Eric Campbell, the broke Charlie,
and Edna Purviance in „The Immigrant.“ Photo
from Theodore Huff, Charlie Chaplin, New York, 1951
& MUTUAL‘S LAST CHAPLIN.
Chicago, Aug. 29.
Mutual will release its twelfth and supposedly last Chaplin
comedy on or about Sept. 17. It will be called „The
Adventurer“ and in plot the actions of the comic cover a wide
field. It has taken Chaplin almost a year and one-half
to complete the twelve comedies for Mutual, although originally
there was to be one produced each month. The eleventh
picture, „The Immigrant“ was released in June.
(...) Variety, Aug. 31, 1917
& New Chaplin Mutual Comedy
The coast of the Sierra Madre mountains, with the mirror-
like waters of the Pacific ocean as a background,
furnishes a picturesque setting for a large portion of the next
Mutual-Chaplin special, which is nearing completion
at the Lone Star studios, Los Angeles.
In his latest subject, Chaplin makes a departure from his
previous productions, adding a number of unusual
thrills of a character entirely different than anything he has ever
before attempted.
At the start Charlie is seen as an escaped convict,
hemmed in on all sides by a posse, and the
manner in which he evades capture not alone furnishes
unlimited situations for the creation of laughter,
but the fearlessness of his leaps from lofty cliffs and his climbs
up steep embankments, is almost unbelievable.
Chaplin reveals, in his new picture, his versatility as an
athlete. In carrying out the new and strenuous stunts,
he is not assisted in any manner by trick photography or
mechanical devices. He has merely called upon the
ability which he has held in reserve.
(...) Motography, Sept. 1, 1917
„Chaplin could render no better service than by keeping on“
Editorial content. „British Notes“ (...)
„If there is one question more than another that
a certain London newspaper keeps on flashing before its readers
it is ,when is Charlie Chaplin going to enlist?´ According
to this paper and the interference of the articles the war will
cease the day Chaplin appears in France, so perhaps
this is one reason why its owner is visiting America to coerce
Charlie into joining for immediate service. A telegram
published on Saturday and attributed to the Los Angeles
correspondent of the Boston ,Christian Science
Monitor,‘ states that the famous comedian has already enrolled
in the U. S. A. citizen army for training, cancelling
all future arrangements for film production. All this makes
interesting reading, but the balance of opinion, in the
trade and out, concurs that Chaplin could render no better
service than by keeping on, ,keeping on.‘“ (...)
„J. B. Sutcliffe.“
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