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Film Spectator, New York, December 10, 1927.

Here is the outside of Henry‘s, distinctive

Hollywood eating emporium, and here is Henry himself,

in person.

(...) Talking Screen, Aug. 1930.

      Henry Bergman is An Old Clown in „The Circus.“

& CONSULS SEE „CIRCUS“

      Diplomatic Corps of City Guests

      of Charles Chaplin Yesterday

      Twenty members of the consular and diplomatic service

in Los Angeles were guests of Charles Chaplin,

motion-picture comedian and producer, at a luncheon given

yesterday at Henry‘s Restaurant, Hollywood, in honor

of Count L. S. De Besa, Vice-Consul of Peru and secretary

of the Consular Corps.

      Among the nations represented were Belgium, Bolivia,

Brazil, Great Britain, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica,

Cuba, Czecho-Slovakia, Denmark, Ecuador, Salvador,

France, Germany, Guatemala,Latvia, Mexico,

The Neverlands, Nicaragua, Panama, Spain, Switzerland

und Uruguay.

      After the luncheon the diplomats were guests

of the comedian at a preview of the comedian‘s latest picture,

„The Circus.“

(...) Los Angeles Times, Dec. 17, 1927

& In the new Charlie Chaplin picture, „The Circus,“ playing

an old clown is Henry Bergman, a Broadway leading

man of 20 years ago. Of recent times he has been in Hollywood,

operating a cafeteria.

(...) INSIDE STUFF ON LEGIT, Variety, Jan. 18, 1928

& ALTHOUGH „The Circus,“ the latest Chaplin

comedy, is not a second Gold Rush, it is good enough

to keep Chaplin his title as the greatest comedian

of them all. There are no big laughs in „The Circus“ as there

were during the dance of the Oceanic Roll and the

teetering cabin sequences in „The Gold Rush.“ Chaplin does

things which would be plain slap-stick with any other

comedian, but which become screamingly funny when

he does them.

(...) AS THEY APPEAL TO A YOUTH By Donald

Beaton – The Spectator‘s 17-Year-Old Critic, Film Spectator,

Dec. 10, 1927

„To show him as a small creature in a big setting“

Editorial content. „Many Laughs in Charlie‘s Latest

      Being his first since The Gold Rush, Charlie Chaplin‘s The

Circus will suffer by comparison with its predecessor.“ (...)

      „There is much rich comedy in The Circus, but it lacks such

a screamingly funny sequence as that of the rocking

house in The Gold Rush. There are many directorial and

acting gems in it, and from a motion picture standpoint

these features are above criticism. in one scene showing Charlie

in a cage with a lion his acting is brilliant. Every moment

he is on the screen is a treat to the audience. His extraordinary

pantomimic powers show increased development with

each succeeding picture. All the comedy hits in the picture

have their place in the unwinding of the story. In that

respect The Circus might well serve as a model for such

comedies. Also it might serve as a valuable lesson

in direction. Charlie commits none of the standard faults that

we find in nearly all other pictures. He knows the value

of medium and long shots as opposed to close-ups, and resorts

to the latter but seldom. He knows also that the way

to create sympathy for a character is to show him as a small

creature in a big setting, and he does not resort

to mugging to gain sympathy for himself.“ (...)

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