CHARLIE CHAPLIN AND BUSTER KEATON.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19463, 9 November 1928, Page 9

CHARLIE CHAPLIN AND BUSTER KEATON.

THE QUEEN'S NEXT WEEK.

Two excellent and very well-known comedies are to be presented at the Queens Theatre next week,; both made by two popular and famous screen comedians. They, are "The Circus," made by Charles Chaplin, and "The General," made by Buster Keaton. They have been shown in the City previously and excited great audiences to uproarious mirth. "The Circus," though shining with the famous, clown's own brand of humour, is subtle and pathetic; it is extremely artistic, a brilliant comedy from an actor who is a recognised genius. But "The General" is brood and farcical, the convulsive clowning of Keatori, who preserves his customary suit of solemn black, one might say. and his customary unsmiling countenance. These pictures, both so different and both so immensely successful in raising the laughs and chuckles wherever they have, been presented, are among the two beßt _cqmedi©s that either player has produced. "The Gen-, oral" is the bright and' * willy story of a young man who dreamed. fond dreams of rising to great heights, and of how he behaved when fame knocked at hie door. Ine Circus" is the story of a handy-man about a circus, and of his ambitions to become a great ring hero When Chaplin, complete with his world-famous derby and his shockingly battered shoes, enters the ring, it is the signal for uproar. But he inserts pathos into his comedy, and treats everything with an artistic hand, eo that_ there can be- no two opinions as to which, comedy is tho better. Chaplin is supported in 'The Circus" by Merna Kennedy, who acts with •much grace. The box plans open this morn-, ing at" The Bristol Piano Company, where seitts may bp reserved.