The Bank Clippings 29/46
B. Quade, Picture-Play Weekly, New York, October 2, 1915.
HERE is your old friend
Charlie Chaplin
I am showing him for
Four Days, Starting Tomorrow
in his latest and absolutely
First Run Two-Reel Comedy
„The Bank“
This is the funniest of all
(...) Tacoma Times, Tacoma, Washington, Aug. 14, 1915
& Scene from „THE BANK“
(...) Picture-Play Weekly Cover, Oct. 2, 1915
„A different Charlie, none the less“
Editorial content. „The Bank: A Chaplin Comedy
(Essanay)
By B. Quade
Transforming the quietest and most dignified of all places,
a bank, into the scene of endless fun. How is it done?
Very simple; Charlie Chaplin is sent in. With Charlie and
his usual good humor a Quaker meeting could be
made into a circus grounds. If you don‘t believe it see what
he starts in this bank. Charlie walks importantly down
the street, into the building, into the president‘s office and out
again. Then the fun begins – and continues.
CHARLIE CHAPLIN came walking briskly along the street.
There was something different about his appearance.
His shabby shoes, baggy trousers, and well-worn derby were
the same. Likewise, his frayed necktie ,rode‘ his collar
fore and aft as usual, and his little, closely buttoned coat had not
been replaced by a new and better-fitting garment. In point
of costume, there was no change whatever in his outward aspect.
But this was a different Charlie, none the less.“ (...)
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