Easy Street Clippings 54/81
Motography, Chicago, February 17, 1917
Easy Street Scenes
„The Sparrow Cop“
Editorial content. „Easy Street Chaplin‘s Greatest
Easy Street, the latest Chaplin-Mutual comedy, to be released
February 5, cost more per foot of negative than the
reported cost of Griffith‘s Intolerance.
Of course, Easy Street is not so popular nor so fashionable
a thoroughfare as was Belshazzar avenue, Babylon,
but the people of Easy Street are a busy lot and, withal,
expensive to do business with.
Easy Street is a far more pretentious production than any
previous Chaplin offering has been, being one of those
studio rarities – a Chaplin pet. To put it plainly, Chaplin himself
was so obsessed with the merits of Easy Street from its
first rehearsal, that he wouldn‘t release it until it was up to his
standard of excellence.
Easy Street has taken three weeks longer to produce
than does the average Chaplin comedy, Mr. Chaplin‘s
determination to have everything just right causing the delay,
which appears to have been justified, because critics
who have followed Chaplin from his beginnings on the screen
insist that this is the best thing he has done.
Just how it is possible to get hit on the head with
a red-hot stove tossed from a third-story window, and still
survive, is one of the amazing problems developed
in Easy Street.
Chaplin‘s adventures as ,The Sparrow Cop,‘ who dons
policeman‘s uniform to protect pretty Edna Purviance,
organist of ,Easy Street‘ mission, from insult by ,Bully‘ Campbell,
are excruciatingly funny.“
Tramp Photo. „There have been a lot of emigrants
come over to our shores, representing some
awful, cheap labor. Here‘s one, from Merry England
that doesn‘t labor quite so cheaply – but gee
think of the laughs Uncle Sam would miss without him.“
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Variety, New York, February 23, 1917.
Easy Street Scenes
& „Easy Street“ Sets New Chaplin Record
„Easy Street,“ the newest of the Chaplin-Mutual Specials,
is setting new records for even such popular releases
as Chaplin subjects have proven. Every theatre running Easy
Street has reported satisfactory business. „The best
Chaplin yet,“ writes one exhibitor; „my audiences roared
with laughter when they weren‘t pop-eyed in
amazement at the remarkable ,stunts‘ performed. Just how
is it possible to get hit on the head with a red-hot
stove tossed from a third story window and survive is a problem
that simply staggered them.“ Easy Street is already
more famous than Fifth Avenue, Wall Street, Riverside Drive,
State Street, Pall Mall, Unter Den Linden and the
Champs de Elysee put together.
(...) Moving Picture World, Feb. 24, 1917
„In receipt of several offers“
Editorial content. „Some Chaplin Offers.
The annual Chaplin contract season is on.
Chaplin with only two pictures to make after his next
release, Health Resort, on his present famous
$670,000 Mutual contract, is in receipt of several offers.“ (...)
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