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Maurice D. Kann, Motion Picture Daily, N. Y., Feb. 6, 1936.
„Red“ Kann Goes Abroad
(...) Cosmo-Sileo Photo, Motion Picture Herald, July 4, 1936
„A gem of comedy invention played superbly“
Editorial content. „Looking ‘Em Over
Modern Times
(United Artists)
Charlie Chaplin – you will remember him, no doubt –
last night returned to basic fundamentals in story construction,
coupling with it an ironic poke or two at the System,
as constituted today, and combined with that his great talent
in his first screen appearance since City Lights.“ (...)
„Perhaps it was because it came well within the opening
half hour. Perhaps not. But nowhere did the distinguished
premiere audience react as it did to the cruelest jibe of all at big
business. This was an automatic feeder for the workers,
a patented idea designed to reduce the lunch and to increase
efficiency. Chaplin becomes the test tube for the
experiment. What happens between mechanically contrived
soup and meat plates, a revolving ear of corn,
a persistent chin wiper and the bewildered Chaplin make
for a panic of yells and shouting glee. It is a gem of
comedy invention played superbly.
Chaplin, of course, wrote, directed and produced Modern
Times, religiously following the technique of the silent
picture, for a silent picture it essentially is. Alfred Newman‘s
musical score. attuned to the action, is splendid.
Charlie‘s old time standbys – Henry Bergman, Chester Conklin,
Stanley Sandford, Hank Mann, Louis Natheux, Allan
Garcia, Murdock McQuarrie, Wilfred Lucas and Ed Sainte –
are in the support, but nowhere do they or could they
rank alongside Chaplin.“ (...) „KANN“
Modern Times world premiere is in New York Feb. 5, 1936
at the Rivoli Theatre.
Rivoli Theatre, Broadway at 49th Street, New York.
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