The Pawnshop Clippings 50/99
Motion Picture News, New York, October 14, 1916.
The Pawnshop Revival Lobby Card, 1920
& Maverick Terell, former New York newspaper man, is here
writing comedies for Charlie Chaplin.
(...) COAST PICTURE NEWS By GUY PRICE,
Variety, Oct. 13, 1916
„Saves the pawnbroker a heavy loss“
Editorial content. „Tabloid Reviews for the Busy Exhibitor“ (...)
„The Pawnshop. (Mutual-Chaplin. Mon., Oct. 2.) – The
Pawnshop has considerable plot, but not enough of the dramatic
to get into the way of Chaplin‘s irresistible comedy.
He is funny all the way through, with a thrill or two introduced
as he goes along. The story, scenario and direction
are all in Chaplin‘s hands. Charlie is a clerk in a pawnshop
owned by the father of Edna. Rand, another employee,
is jealous because Edna prefers Charlie, and they are constantly
fighting. Campbell comes to shop ostensibly to pawn
an umbrella. he finds no one to attend him, so he pretends
to steal the cash register. he is stopped by the
entrance of Edna. To cover himself he says he would like
to buy the business. While the pawnbroker and
Campbell are discussing the possibilities of the business
a fight is going on between Charlie and Rand
in the kitchen. The pawnbroker goes in to settle the disturbance
and Charlie quickly hides in a trunk. Meanwhile
Campbell intends to steal some valuables from the vault
but is struck on the the head and rendered
unconscious by Charlie, who thus saves the pawnbroker
a heavy loss.“
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