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Show CHAPLIN APPEARS AS POLICEMAN FOR FIRST Ip TIME IN HIS CAREER IK Charley Chaplin, nt tho Oalc Wednesday and Thursday, glvos his admirers something new to ndiiilro in "Easy Street," latest of tho Chaplin- r Mutual dramas, when ho nppoars as J a regular city "cop" with all tho in- - slgnia of munlclpnl authority star, J uniform and club especially tho f club. j Chaplin believes In tho efficacy of I contrast. Ho draws on his patrons of this romarlcablo piny as a tramp a proper bread-lino tramp, with fringe all over him nnd a hungry aspect. With tho amazing rapidity of do-velopmont do-velopmont that characterizes Chaplin ' productions, this ono carries tho I comedian from tho povorty parade to tho police force and tho lnlmttablo t Charles thus displays his knowledgo I of tho valuo of contrast. Ono niln- j uto ho Is a shlvorlng hobo with a stolon collection box undor his coat, and tho next ho Is a blue-clad horo with a shining star on his breast roscuer of timid maldons and of ono timid maiden In particular, who happens hap-pens to bo tho organist of tho mission houso that has fed tho hungry trnmp, and who, of course, Is Edna Purvt-anco. Purvt-anco. Once Chaplin gets started on theso little dramatic excursions of his ho works up tromondous speed. From tho tlmo "our horo" lnnds on "Bill" Campbell, "billy of tho badlands," until ha starts for tho altar with her, ' ono Is Impollod to admire hint groatly. .H. |
