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Mordaunt Hall, New York Times, New York, January 9, 1928.

Merna Kennedy and Charles Chaplin in „The Circus.“

(...) Photo, New York Times, Jan. 8, 1928

& The Circus Scene with Merna Kennedy and Charles Chaplin

& Merna Kennedy and Charlie Chaplin

(...) Photo, Daily News, New York, Jan. 9, 1928

„He sent a telegram“

Editorial content. „THE SCREEN

      By Mordaunt Hall.

      Chaplin of Hollywood.

      The Circus, with Charlie Chaplin, Alla Garcia, Merna

      Kennedy, Harry Crocker, Stanley Stanford, John

      Rand, George Davis, Henry Bergman, Steve Murphy and

      others, written and directed by Mr. Chaplin;

      special prologue by Joseph Plunkett. At the Mark Strand.

      Charles Spencer Chaplin‘s latest cure for melancholy

now is to be seen at the Mark Strand. This film was

offered for the first time last Friday at a midnight showing

before a gathering that evinced no little enthusiasm

in spite of the honor and the fact that many persons had either

come from witnessing plays or acting in them. Mr. Chaplin

did not choose on this occasion to leave his California retreat

for the launching of this comedy, which is entitles

The Circus. He sent a telegram which was read to the audience.

In it the Grimaldi of modern days declared his

new production to be the outstanding achievement of his

fun-making career.

      The Circus is likely to please intensely those who found

something slightly wanting in The Gold Rush, but at the

same time it will prove a little disappointing to those who revelled

in the poetry, the pathos and fine humor of his previous

adventure. Chaplin‘s pictures bring to mind the Scotsman who

said that all whisky was good but that some brands were

better than others. Chaplin never fails to tickle one‘s fancy. He

lifts the masks from the dejected or the cynical and

discovers faces wreathed in merriment.

      The current offering is the box-office side of the life

of Chaplin of Hollywood.“ (...)

      Strand Theatre, 1579 B‘way (at 47th St.), New York.

      The Circus is released by United

      Artists in New York January 6, 1928.

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