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Motion Picture News, New York, May 29, 1926.

Charlie Chaplin, der Mann, über den die ganze Welt lacht

von Hans Siemsen

(...)  Revue des Monats, Berlin, Nov. 1926, Part IV

„This wistful, elusive touch“

Editorial content. „Sixteen Productions, United Artists‘

      Schedule For Next Season.“ (...)

      „Charlie Chaplin‘s new feature comedy, The Circus,

will present the comedian, derby, mustache, shoes and all,

in the sawdust rings under the bigtop.“ (...)

      „United Artists Expands Service to Exhibitors

      IN anticipation of its notable increase of high-class

releases, United Artists Corporation quite recently

expanded its sales and exploitation facilities.“ (...) „The

addition of product from Gloria Swanson, John

Barrymore, Buster Keaton and Morris Gest to that of Mary

Pickford, Charlie Chapin, Douglas Fairbanks, D. W.

Griffith, Rudolph Valentino, Samuel Goldwyn and the current

productions made for Joseph M. Schenck by John W.

Considine, Jr., and Roland West, forecasts an activity in

bookings that requires a much larger organization

than formerly.“ (...)

      „United Artists Celebrates Seventh Anniversary

      SEVEN years ago with Hiram Abrams, these foremost

film personalities – Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin,

Douglas Fairbanks and D. W. Griffith, startled the motion

picture industry with a distinct innovation.“ (...)

      „Notable Past Product of United Artists“ (...)

      „Charlie Chaplin in The Gold Rush, and Charlie Chaplin‘s

dramatic feature, A Woman of Paris, with Edna Purviance.“

      „Starring in United Artists New Pictures

      THE schedule of sixteen productions which United

Artists Corporation has announced for the coming

season lists the names of stars elevated by their artistic

achievements and the public‘s acclaim to a

position of preeminence in the motion picture theatre

of the world.“ (...)

      „Charlie Chaplin

      DURING the past few years it has become the

favorite occupation of the intellectuals to discuss Charlie

Chaplin, his personality and his art.“ (...)

      „Details of United Artists‘ Productions“ (...)

      „The Circus

      Charlie Chaplin‘s new feature comedy for United Artists Corporation is to be The Circus. In it he will appear in his

time-honored make-up with all the circus, including everything

from the freaks to the trained fleas, as background for

his imaginative talents.

      Reports are trickling in from the Chaplin studio

in Hollywood as to the wonderful touches that

the star is putting into The Circus. But reports are hardly needed

to project an idea of the opportunities the comedian

will make for himself before the broad and colorful setting

that ,The greatest show on earth‘ offers.

      Chaplin is walking a tight rope. Chaplin as custodian

of the flea circus. Chaplin among the freaks. Chaplin

with the animals. Every phase of the big top offers endless

channels for the projection of Chaplin‘s marvelous

humor.

      There will be the fine balancing portion of sentiment

in The Circus that Chaplin injects into all his

comedies. It is this wistful, elusive touch that sets Chaplin‘s

comedies definitely apart from the productions

of all other comedians.“ (...)

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