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E. V. L., Punch, London, England, August 24, 1921.

CHARLIE‘S CHEERFUL CHUM –––

Little Jackie Coogan, „The Kid.“

(...) Three photos, Picture Show Cover, London, April 2, 1921

„The best comic picture-play we have yet had“

Editorial content. „III. – THE LATEST BOY.

      Master Pinfold flourished a century or more ago; Master

COOGAN, with whom I spent on Tuesday a crowded

hour of laughter and excitement and something not far removed

from tears, is but just beginning what looks like being

a triumphant progress. He is certainly marvelous, this child,

or, as the title of the film has it, this ,Kid,‘ and CHARLIE

CHAPLIN was never better than in some of its delirious moments.

There are a few lapses, but, taken as a whole, The Kid,

is, I think, the best comic picture-play we have yet had, because

the farce is so shot through with humanity, because after

the wildest and most impossible freaks we instantly touch earth

again.“ (...)

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