One A. M. Clippings 24/56
L. R. Harrison, Moving Picture World, New York, Aug. 12, 1916.
One A. M. Scenes
& „One A. M.“ – It is no small task for one man to hold the interest
of an entire audience throughout the length of two thousand
feet of film, but Chaplin has certainly accomplished this remarkable
feat most successfully.
(...) Tabloid Reviews for the Busy Exhibitor,
Motion Picture News, Aug. 12, 1916
„A veritable artist“
Editorial content. „Two Interesting Mutuals
Judith of the Cumberlands, a Stirring Kentucky Feud Story,
and One A. M, a Chaplin Farce of Unique Type.
Reviewed by Louis Reeves Harrison.
One A. M. is the name of of a farce so unusual that it is doubtful
if one similar has ever been attempted. Charllie Chaplin
discards the tramp costume entirely, arriving home at one in the
morning in evening dress and, after some amusing
struggles with the taxi door, enters his house and thereafter has
the stage all to himself, He is the sole actor for two solid
reels, and there is not the slightest doubt that he will hold close
attention for the full period of time, not only by his antics
and ingenious mechanical contrivances, but by some amusing
revelations of a drunken man‘s state of mind. His
representation is an artistic success as a character study alone.
The lowered intellectuality of a man under the influence
of drink, his persistent attention to the trivial, his solemn stupidity,
his attempts at dignity, all these and more are depicted
with fidelity, and it is doubtful if any actor but an acrobat like
Chaplin could even attempt all that he does as a mere
matter of course through two entire reels. One realizes better
from One A. M. that the comedian is a veritable artist,
capable of filling roles beyond any he has thus attempted
on the screen.“
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