The Picture Show Annual (1926)

114 Picture Show Annual mr: In the writer’s opinion they are entitled to higher praise, for this reason ; they rely less on the sub-titles to get their effects than do the dramatic screen actors. Charlie Chaplin, like all really great comedians, always mixed his humour with pathos, but I am afraid that the Charlie of these days had allowed his natural leaning to the tragedy of life to make him forget that his real admirers want him to make them laugh. Harold Lloyd, though he can be pathetic when necessary, always remem- bers he is a comedian. He has developed his art tremendously since the days when his chief asset was his lensless spectacles. Anybody who can see Harold and not laugh ought not to spend money on comedy pictures. Amazing Mechanical Stimts B uster keaton relies more on funny mechanical stunts than facial expression (though his air of perpetual despair as one thing after another goes against him, and hits him on some vulnerable spot, is funny enough). His acrobatic ability enables him to perform amazing feats without changing the expression on his countenance, except into one of mild surprise. Bebe London Flora Finch as she appeared Monsieur Beaucaire " Charlie Chaplin in “ The Gold Rush Buster Keaton, T. Roy Barnes and Snilz Edwards in The Seven Chances