The Count Clippings 45/50
Mordaunt Hall, New York Times, New York, February 3, 1927.
Fifth Avenue Playhouse, interior, New York, 1938
& Old Chaplin Comedies.
IT was a joy to see another of Charlie Chaplin‘s ancient
comedies. Last week there was at the Cameo his
comedy, „Easy Street,“ and at the Fifth Avenue Playhouse
there was a still older specimen called „The Count.“
The same man who figured as the big bully in „Easy Street“
characterizes the impostor in „The Count.“ Chaplin‘s
conception of acting as a tailor‘s assistant and measuring women
for tailor-made suits is in itself worthy of a good laugh,
but when he uses his little cane on the refreshments one is impelled
to greet these sequences with an immoderate show
of merriment. When Chaplin flings whipped cream across
a room he does it differently from anybody else,
just as he can slip on a waxed floor probably better than any
other comedian. He also reveals himself in „The Count“
to be no mean acrobat; he never hesitates, wether he is darting
under a big man‘s legs or under a table.
(...) Mordaunt Hall, New York Times, Feb. 6, 1927
„An ancient Chaplin comedy entitled The Count“
Editorial content. „THE SCREEN
By Mordaunt Hall.
Revivals of Old Films.
BEYOND THE WALL, with Lil Dagover, directed by Fritz
Lang; The Count, an old Chaplin comedy;
Ruined or The tragedy of a Morphine Flend; Heavenly
Bodies, a reel of a German astronomical film.
At the Fifth Avenue Playhouse.
The Fifth Avenue Playhouse this week is the scene
of a program of revivals. The chief feature is called
Beyond the Wall, being a re-edited version of Fritz Lang‘s
production Between Worlds.“ (...)
„An ancient Chaplin comedy entitled The Count
is another interesting piece of work. Here Mr.
Chaplin is introduced as a tailor‘s assistant, but soon he becomes
the unwilling confederate of an imposter. The comedian
shows his dexterity with his little cane, by whipping whipped
cream off a cake on to the faces of those dancing
on a dangerously waxed floor. Then Mr. Chaplin has moments
of flight, and sometimes he is not able to make any
headway on the slippery boards. He is nimble enough and
quite acrobatic during some junctures.“ (...)
Fifth Avenue Playhouse, 66 Fifth Avenue, New York.
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