‘THE CIRCUS’

Evening Star, Issue 19942, 11 August 1928, Page 5

‘THE CIRCUS’

CHAPLIN'S LATEST SUCCESS. On Friday next at the Strand Theatre Charlie Chaplin’s long-awaited comedy, ‘The Circus,’ will have its local premiere. In this production Chaplin displays all his characteristics of old—the worn, battered bowler hat, the twirling cane, the huge shoes in which he is forced to shuffle along, and the expressive moustache. Chaplin plays the part of an unfortunate who is out of work, and unknowingly becomes the accomplice of a pickpocket. Ho escapes arrest by hw ingenuity, and obtains work as handy man in a circus, where he falls in love with the owner’s daughter. A new performer'in the _ person of a handsome young man joins tjie company. The girl falls in love with him, not knowing of Charlie’s _ deep for her. Charlie’s ability to do almost anything in the troupe results in his being pressed into service when the wirc-wajker fails to appear for a performance. He is the sensation of the show, although ho does not know it. The girl makes this fact known to i him, and his demand for big wages is S gratified. He protects the _ girl from! the abuse of her father, and in so doing is discharged from the company. Merna Kennedy, a newcomer to the screen, has the leading feminine role, • wdiilo other players in the cast are Betty Morrissey, Harry Crocker, Allan Garcia, and Henry Bergman.