The Immigrant Clippings 29/72
Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois, June 17, 1917.
The Immigrant Scenes
& THREE GUESSES!
O, why the saccharin smile
That lighteth his teeth and his e‘en
He looketh not into his coffee cup
And what man would grin at a ban?
(...) Photo, Chicago Tribune, June 19, 1917
& Same Little Dr. Chas. with
a New Laugh Pill
In box: „THE IMMIGRANT.“
Produced by Mutual.
Directed by Charles Chaplin.
Presented everywhere.
THE CAST.
Charles Chaplin
and
Edna Purviance et al.
By Mae Tinée
YESTERDAY, yes, vurrily, I was one of the atoms
of the mass attending en masses the services
conducted by Mr. Charles Chaplin in most of the our motion
picture theaters, said services labeled „The Immigrant.“
Proceeding to the theater nearest the office, such being
my lazy way, I started to pass in, but was prevented
by those who before me had passed in and those who intended
to, before me, pass in. Packed together in a jovial,
expectant, constantly moving formation, the intenders effectually
blocked the way of other intenders, yea, vurrily, even
unto the sidewalk.
Crablike, I backed out and shook myself. „This,“ said
I to myself, „is not, thank goodness, the only theater
in town where one worship Mr. Chaplin.“ And I went on my
way rejoicing.
But, as is the way of life, I rejoiced too soon. Many weary
steps had I taken from the office haven before I found
a place where I could enter, sit, and enjoy, unpushed and
untrodden, the antics of the world‘s greatest laugh
producer.
You have to hand it to him – the man is a genius! When
all a gent has to do is to appear merely to set this war
ridden old universe rocking with merriment, he‘s not a gent,
he‘s a scientist. Pasteur, with his cure for hydrophobia;
Carrel, with his Novel prize for operation; Ehrlich, of the 606,
and Crile, of anesthetic fame, are all great men, but
I venture to say that there are those who will go on record
as believing that Mr. Chaplin, with his sure cure for
the blues, is a greater one than these.
The time passed with the gentleman this release
on board ship and in a restaurant. It is in the
steerage that Charles meets the beautiful and unhappy
Edna who is traveling with her mother to our
land of the free and the home of the brave. (Loud applause
when the statue of Liberty heaves into view.)
Parted at Ellis island, the two meet again in a restaurant,
where, penniless, Charles, nevertheless, treats
Edna to a meal. Entrez complications. We leave them,
however, buying a marriage license, poor as Job‘s
turkey, drenched with the rain which falls on umbrella-ed
and un-umbrella-ed alike, but sillily blissful – which
is as we like ‘em.
It‘s worth while for even the anti-Chaplinists
to attend a Chaplin release, just to
see the fun the fellow next him is having!
(...) Chicago Tribune, June 19, 1917
„Tomor. – Charlie Chaplin, The Immigrant“
Advertisement. „DREXEL“ (...)
LOUISE GLAUM „Love or Justice“
Tomor. – Charlie Chaplin, The Immigrant.“
Drexel Theatre, 858 East 63rd Street, Chicago.
The Immigrant is
released by Mutual June 18, 1917.
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