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| Laughing Gravy | Oct 7 2007, 07:41 AM Post #1 |
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In the last of his 12 shorts for Mutual, Chaplin is a convict on the run. He saves an old lady from drowning, and wins the gratitude of her daughter, who invites them to their stately manor for a party. There, he runs afoul of both the daughter's brutish suitor and John Law, and is soon on the run again. It's always delightful to see Chaplin at his peak during his pure slapstick period. Here, he garners big laughs just by eluding a tackle from a fat cop (Charlie slides under his legs, leaps over his back, slides under his legs again, comes up behind him, kicks him in the butt, goes over his back again, etc. etc.) or running up and down a hill. Edna Purviance is the Girl and mammoth Eric Campbell is the Giant Suitor who ends up with his head in a sliding door in the film's best moment. This is an A+ comedy short, and the FNF gang loved it. |
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