The Bank Clippings 32/46
B. Quade, Picture-Play Weekly, New York, October 2, 1915.
Downtown, Duluth, Minnesota, 1925,
University of Minnesota, Kathryn A. Martin Library
& CHAPLIN INJUNCTION.
Chicago, Aug. 25
An injunction was obtained by the Essanay against
the Zenith Film Co. of this city, said by the
Essanay company to be using pirated prints of a Charlie
Chaplin film.
Two of the films were seized in Duluth Monday,
Essanay stating the original films were rented
from the General Film Co. and then copied by the Zenith.
(...) Variety, Aug. 27, 1915
& The police of Duluth have gone in heavy
on film censoring. They have been
doing some tail cutting and stopping of Chaplin pictures.
(...) Variety, Aug. 20, 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been replaced by a new and better-fitting garment.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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