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*Outstanding scenes: Seated next to a homely woman, Mr. Pest quickly changes his seat, turns and sickly applauds the woman as part of the show; flirting with a girl, he accidentally places his hands on her husband's; scratches a match on an oriental dancer's bare feet; the last close-up of Charlie with a broken umbrella over his head.
THE PAWNSHOP
U.S.A., 2 reels
production company: Mutual
script and direction: Charles Chaplin
photography : William C. Foster and Rollie Totheroh
CAST
Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, John Rand, Henry Bergman, Albert Austin, Eric Campbell and James T. Kelly
This picture is one of the most famous of the Mutuals. Although handicapped by a restricted locale, Chaplin demonstrates his genius for comic invention by extracting comedy out of everything about him. Briefly the story deals with Charlie's encounters with another clerk, his waiting on some strange customers and his foiling of a robbery. It is the little incidents which make the picture so extraordinary.
* Outstanding scenes: Charlie teetering on a ladder — after falling, his first thought is to see if his watch is still running; turning, his duster gets caught in an electric fan and feathers fly; fired by the boss, he pantomimes that he has six children; although besting the clerk in the tussle, Charlie pretends he is hurt when Edna enters so she will comfort him; in the kitchen he runs dishes and his hands through a dry wringer, impersonates a Hawaiian by putting a necklace of dough around his neck and strumming a ladle; and the celebrated alarm clock scene (Chaplin appraises the clock as if he were a doctor examining a patient, opens it with a can opener, pulls the inside out with a dentist's pliers, "kills" the wriggling springs by squirting oil on them as if they were worms, and hands back the whole mess as worthless).
EASY STREET
U.S.A., 1917 2 reels
production company: Mutual
script and direction: Charles Chaplin
photography: William C. Foster and Rollie Totheroh
CAST
Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Albert Austin, Eric Campbell, James T. Kelly, Henry Bergman, John Rand, Charlotte Mineau and Frank J. Colemen
This is the most famous of the Chaplin-Mutual pictures. Though not as hilariously funny as some, it has the most cleverly worked-out story, with overtones
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