The Vagabond Clippings 36/55
Julian Johnson, Photoplay, New York, September 1916.
The Vagabond Scenes
„The newest Chaplin expression“
Editorial content. „The Shadow Stage“ (...)
By Julian Johnson“ (...)
Photo. „M. Chaplin and Mlle. Purviance in the
newest Chaplin expression, ,The Vagabond.‘“
„The only criticism we can level at Mr. Chaplin‘s comediettas
is a lack of finish and a lack of that serious touch which
Mr. Chaplin can so superbly bestow. What, after all, is the
Chaplin seriousness? Merely his natural sincerity
applied to a serious situation, The proof of comedy is situation
not funny. Your insincere, get-the-money ,artist‘
vanishes in thin air when asked to put over anything except
the vacant guffaw. Mr. Chaplin can, if he will, summon
the tear as deftly as he can lure the smile. He is a fun-maker
not ashamed of his happy business. Our hat is off
to him; may he go farther, slower, a little more thoughtfully.
He is original. And he is what no other screen player
of any country has ever been: he is universal. He can summon
a laugh from an Arab or a Chinaman, an Igorrote
or an Eskimo, as easily as he does from the American
peace-eater and the European soldier.“ (...)
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