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Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Brooklyn, New York, February 8, 1921.
JOSEPH PLUNKETT
(...) Photo, Exhibitors Herald-World, Jan. 19, 1929
& Strand Theatre, auditorium, New York, 1914, postcard
& Star Business Booster
Fred Warren. Seldom breaks into print. But has this to say.
About „The Kid.“ „One of greatest things for the entire
business. Why? Remember the flue? Remember how business
was shot. All to the bow-wows? What brought it back?
Chaplin in „Shoulder Arms.“ Business spotty now. Quiet in some
places. What‘ll bring it back? Another Chaplin. Sure fire.“
Means something.
(...) Wid‘s Daily, Feb. 7, 1921
& Newspaper Opinions
„The Kid“ – 1st Nat‘l
Strand
WORLD (...)
HERALD (...)
TRIBUNE (...)
AMERICAN – Comedian proves acknowledged artistry
in film of smiles and tears.
TIMES (...)
POST – * * * „The Kid“ ranks with the best of Chaplin‘s
work and outranks all the others in point of sustained comedy.
JOURNAL – Chaplin better than ever in new film.
„The Kid“ best thing movie favorite has done.
MAIL – As a simple, unaffected story of human interest
„The Kid“ is an unqualified success. As a strictly
Chaplin picture it does not score so decisively. The
inimitable star has essayed to a role which
is more or less dramatic, and the realization that such
is the case is considerable more than a mere surprise
to the spectator. It amounts almost to a shock.
GLOBE – In this idyl of ash cans and smashed windows
and policemen he gives something which brings
a lump to your throat while you are roaring with laughter.
TELEGRAM – Chaplin scores in new comedy.
SUN – * * * His best to date. * * *
(...) Wid‘s Daily, Feb. 8, 1921
& Smashing!
They are not only smashing every and all previous records
at the Strand with Charlie Chaplin in „The Kid,“ but
Manager Joe Plunkett hopes with the aid of the Police Department
and the Fire department to hold the mobs in check
and prevent the smashing of everything that is movable and
stationary, too.
At 8:30 Sunday night, the sale of tickets was stopped.
At that time the doors were smashed and the crowd
that jammed into the theater was so dense that people were
crowded around the projection booth on the balcony
and actually hanging around the iron bars which separate
the booth from the balcony proper.
Plunkett said yesterday that in all of his 20 years‘ of
experience in the theatre business he had never seen
anything like it. At 11 o‘clock on Sunday night when the last performance was put on, the theater was filled to capacity
and lots of those who couldn‘t get in wondered why the sale
of tickets was stopped. The show starts at 10:30 in the
morning at the Strand and the last one goes on at 11 at night.
Box-office records are the least things to be smashed.
(...) Wid´s Daily, Feb. 8, 1921
& Don‘t Play „The Kid“
‘Til Your Theatre‘s Insured
Smashing box office records is a mere trifle
with this picture. The crowds are breaking doors and
trying to tear down walls to see it.
Wid‘s Says:
SMASHING
(...) Motion Picture News, Feb. 19, 1921
„Charlie has spent his life evading authority“
Editorial content. „The Strand.
Charles Chaplin, in The Kid, is the feature this week
at the Strand Theater. Chaplin will be seen as a wandering glazier.
The Kid goes out to break windows and Charlie follows
and is always at hand to get the job of mending them. When
the authorities discover that Charlie is only nurse and
guardian to the precocious youngster they seek to separate
them; but Charlie has spent his life evading authority
and does it again. The Kid had been lost by an opera singer
and Charlie had found him and brought him up. The
Kid is played by Jackie Coogan, a child discovered by Charles
Chaplin. Edna Purviance shares honors in the leading
feminine role.“ (...)
Strand Theatre, Broadway at 47th Street, New York.
The Kid is pre-released by First National
in New York February 7, 1921.
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