The Vagabond Clippings 22/55
Variety, New York, July 14, 1916.
The Vagabond Scenes
„A couple of errors of direction“
Editorial content. „THE VAGABOND.
In the latest Chaplin-Mutual release, The Vagabond,
it is announced as having been written and
produced by the star. If that be so Mutual might do well
to furnish hi a collaborator – one with a cleaner
idea of what constitutes comedy than the present scenarist.
Right from the start you are shocked by an old
burlesque bit. This refers to the picking up of an expectoration
in mistake for a coin.“ (...)
„There are also a couple of errors of direction.
While playing the fiddle the comedian falls into
a tub of water in a sitting (or semi-reclining) posture. On arising
he resumes his fiddling and his clothes are perfectly dry.“ (...)
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