Word: chaplinitis
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Grew, Charlie Chaplin...
...MAIN BUILDING (77 Mass. Ave.), "W.C. Fields and Charlie Chaplin Orgy" a series of shorts, Jan. 14. 7 and 9:30 The Heroes of Telemark starring Kirk Douglas. Jan. 21. 7 and 9:30 $.50 donation for CARE-Nicaragua Fund...
Tati has obviously - perhaps too obviously - learned from the old masters. Keaton's mechanical virtuosity is on view, or at least attempted, as are Chaplin's timing and resilience and Langdon's scrambled innocence. Tati absorbs and assimilates each skill like a diligent pupil taking great care with his lessons, and that is the way they are applied. Watching Tati is like listening to the brightest kid in the class run through his homework, dogged, letter perfect and without inspiration. His movies since M. Hulot's debut have been very like the best scene in that...
SATURDAY: The Tramp. 1915 inauguration of Chaplin's most famous role...
...victims of Harvey's dedication are portrayed by an ill-assorted crew of international actors (Josephine Chaplin, John Ireland, Lila Kedrova, Jack Hawkins, Yuda Barkan) who give the collective impression of a Berlitz class on a field trip. Harvey inevitably tracks them all down and brings them to injustice. Since the film opens with their trial and sentencing, this fate will surprise no one. They accept their punishment with dignity, although audiences may be forgiven for not receiving theirs in quite the same spirit...