“THE CIRCUS” IS RIOT OF LAUGHS AT GRAND THEATRE.
In an atmosphere of roaring lions, bullying ring-masters, tightrope walkers, and the general bustle and scramble ct an up-to-date circus, Charlie Chaplin is in his element as an anything-but-bandy handy man in “ The Circus,” showing at the Grand Theatre this week. Once again the hapless lover, Charlie, in this story written and directed by himself, reaches the zenith of his power to create laughs and keep them going. Whilst one sympathises with him in his misfortunes, one must laugh at his comicalities. In " The Gold Rush," Charlie Chaplit. showed what he could do in the way of dramatic acting, but in no other picture in which he has taken the leading role, has he scored such a success as in " The Circus." During the screening the Grand Quality Orchestra plays an appropriate programme of music.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18466, 18 May 1928, Page 7
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