MAJESTIC
TO-DAY AND TO-NIGHT Who other than Charlie Chaplin would have thought of burlesquing the talkies that have. brought him into so many discussions? This he has done in his new picture "City Lights," which opened at the Majestie Theatre last night. One of the best gags in the picture is the very beginning- where a saxaphone gives a muffled drawl to speakers' voices, making them jumbled and inaudible, that is indescribably funny. Charlie is said to have worked an entire new set of original gags quite different from the brand of humour of any tfther comedian. Critics who have seen the picture claim the sereen's genius of fun was never sor amusing or so app ealing as he is "in this picture. The love of the pathetic little tramp for the blind flower girl gives a full measure-of drama. Virginia Cherrill, a Chicago society girl, makes her debut as the flower girl, and not only is sbre pretty but is said to keep up the illusion of blindness surprisingly well. That Miss Cherrill has more than justified Mr. Chaplin's faith in her is proven by the factthat every important company on the coast bid for. her serviees for featured roles at the eompletion of "City Lights."
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 25, 22 September 1931, Page 4
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