One A. M. Clippings 25/56
Moving Picture World, New York, August 12, 1916.
One A. M. Scenes
& ONE A. M. (Lone Star), Aug. 7. – No one can deny that
Chas. Chaplin is exceedingly funny in this two-part
comedy in which not a soul appears beside himself and thar
solid taxicab driver.
(...) Comments on the Films, Mutual Film Corporation,
Moving Picture World, Aug. 12, 1916
„Too much for Charles“
Editorial content. „Stories of the Films“ (...)
Chaplin-Mutual Special. One A. M. (Two parts –
Aug. 7). – Charles returns home at an early morning
hour after an evening of celebration, in which water was not the principal liquid consumed. After an altercation with
a taxi chauffeur over the charge, and after numerous disastrous
attempts to get out of the cab, he discovers he has left
the key to the house in another pocket and climbs into the house
through the window, upsetting a bowl of gold fish on the way.
Charles does a series of his grotesque falls when
he steps on a rug, laid on a highly polished floor, Picking himself
up, he finds himself with his hand in the mouth of a
ferocious tiger, while the blazing eyes of a lynx gaze at him.
The floor is covered with skins of wild animals, and
Charles imagines himself in a jungle of ferocious beasts,
for the walls are adorned with trophies of the chase
and stuffed animals of every species.
Many of the funny antics employed by the eccentric
comedian follow one another during his endeavors
to escape from the beasts, which he feels are pursuing him,
for no matter where he turns he is confronted by some
denizen of the jungle. Finally, he spies a decanter on a table,
which has a revolving top. Whenever he tries to reach
the bottle the table revolves until he finally sinks exhausted
to the floor and the bottle stops in front of him.
Charles takes a final drink before retiring and encounters
more difficulties when he tries to ascend the stairs. His
feet become entangled in the carpet, and while he is able
to negotiate part of the journey, he invariably tumbles
to the bottom. Seeing an alpine costume, he dons it, and
employing a hall tree for a ladder succeeds in reaching
the upper floor. In his bedroom is a folding bed, the mechanism
of which is too much for Charles, who retires for the night
in the bathtub with a bath mat for covering.“
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