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New York Herald, New York, April 14, 1918.
Cartoon drawn by Rollie Totheroh in memory
of A Dog‘s Life.“
(...) International Photographer, Los Angeles, July 1933.
Roland H. Totheroh is Chaplin‘s Head Cameraman.
& Is Charlie Chaplin funny because he does the expected
in an unexpected manner, or because he does
the unexpected in an expected manner? This is a grave problem,
Mah Sweetie! The old puzzle as to which came first,
the hen or the egg, has nothing on this.
You see, it is this way, we all went over to see Mr. Chaplin
in „A Dog‘s Life.“ We expected him to be funny, and
he was funny. But he was funny in the most unexpected ways.
(...) R. C. McE., Moving Picture World, April 27, 1918
& First Nationals at the Strand
Big Broadway House Secures First-Run Rights in New York
City on All Features, Including Chaplin Comedies
LAST week a deal was consummated between the members
of the Mark Realty Company, owners of the Strand
theatre, New York, and the executives of the First National
Exhibitors‘ Circuit, whereby the associates of the late
Mitchell H. Mark secured an interest in the New York franchise,
giving them the first-run rights on all features released
by the First National, including the Charlie Chaplin comedies.
The Strand, with a seating capacity of 3,000,
is considered an ideal theatre in which to give First National
attractions their initial showing, not only from the
aesthetic point of view, but for the practical reason that the
greatest number of patrons can be released in the
shortest space of time.“ (...)
„Since its opening, on April 11, 1914, the Strand has
maintained a uniformly high level of motion picture
entertainment, allied with musical art, and has represented
an ideal in the field of exhibition toward which hundreds
of other owners and managers have striven. The Strand was
the first high class house in the world to feature
Charlie Chaplin, and in securing first-run rights for the new
series of $1,000,000 comedies the same progressive
policy that has built up the huge clientele of the big theatre
is in evidence. The rental figure that the Strand
management has agreed to pay for the Chaplin product
has not been divulged as yet, but it is said
to top anything on record in the field of comedy.“ (...)
(...) Motion Picture News, April 6, 1918.
Same text in Moving Picture World, April 6, 1918.
„Headed by Charlie Chaplin in A Dog‘s Life“
Editorial content. „THE NEW CINEMAS.“ (...)
„In celebration of the Strand Theatre‘s fourth anniversary
a special gala programme will be given there this week,
headed by Charlie Chaplin in A Dog‘s Life and Mae Marsh in The
Face in the Dark. The Topical Review will show United
States soldiers at the front.“
Strand, Broadway at 47th Street, New York.
A Dog‘s Life is released by First National April 21, 1918.
The pre-release date is April 14, 1918.
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