His New Job Clippings 26/38
Moving Picture World, New York, February 20, 1915.
World War One, Fugitives, Gare du Nord, Paris, 1910s, Bain
Collection, Library of Congress
& Essanay Studio, Chicago, undated, skyscrapercity.com
„The roars of laughter“
Editorial content. Title: „His New Job. Charles Chaplin Makes
Successfull Start with Essanay in Enjoyable Two-Reel Comedy.
Reviewed by Margaret I. MacDonald.“
Text: „Judging from first impressions and the roars
of laughter evoked by Chaplin‘s first Essanay comedy from
a representative New York audience, His New Job is
going to be popular.“
„Strange to say, the production has no plot to speak
of; but it would seem that Charles Chaplin has but to poke some
other fellow in the stomach, pommel the seat of his
trousers, or rattle his brains with anything that comes handy
to call forth round after round of the heartiest laughter.
And after all is said and done the whole production consists
merely of slapstick comedy; nor does it seem to belong
to any distinct school of comedy. The fact of the matter is that
His New Job is rather a hard proposition to analyze,
and the only thing that is certain, besides its assured popularity,
is that it sets the fuse to the picture fan‘s bump of mirth.“
„Ben Turpin proves a good foil for Chaplin. For him the
comedy star has no respect whatsoever. He pushes his
face in, kicks him, slams the swing doors in his face, and finally
walks on the unfortunate‘s stomach. In fact, he abuses
with sturdy vigor most people who happen to cross his orbit;
and stepping on the leading lady‘s train, with the result
that her shapely silk-stockinged calves, with their appendages
of feet in French-heeled slippers continue on their upward
way unconscious of the public gaze, is one of the least of the
offences committed by the clever comedian.“
„What there is of a plot consists of his coming to a
moving picture studio to look for work. From the position of
carpenter‘s assistent he falls heir through stress of
circumstances to the enviable role of the hero of a picture play
which is in the course of production. The mistreated
applicant whom he has pommeled to the queen‘s taste takes
his place as carpenter‘s assistant. Later, by a clever
reversal of situations, the head carpenter, blamed for the
hero‘s misleeds, is thrown bodily from the studio.“
„It would be impossible in short space to recount the
various atrocities committed by comedian Chaplin
in these two vibrant reels; but, as indicated before, if the
audience thinks it‘s funny, it must be so.“
Redaktioneller Inhalt. Beitrag von Margaret I. MacDonald.
„Das Dröhnen des Lachens“
