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Boston Globe/AP, Boston, Massachusetts, Feb. 28, 1931.

& „CITY LIGHTS.“

      CHARLIE CHAPLIN AT HIS BEST.

      THE TRIUMPH OF THE MOVIE.

      SENTIMENT AND SANITY.

      THE TRAGIC TOUCH.

      (By Ivor Brown.)

      Once more Charlie Chaplin has lit up the town. His title

is perfect, for what better signifies his genius than

streets illuminated, a medley of twinkles beckoning to

pleasure, of hot restaurant savours, and of pools

of darkness where the outcast stinks? (...)

      BACK TO THE MOVIE.

      „FRUSTRATION BEHIND LAUGHTER.“

      (By C. A. Lejeune.)

      „City Lights“ is one of those jobs of work, familiar to every

art and every form of popular entertainment, that carry

with them a curious emotional envelope – a sense of associative

experience that enwraps and safeguards the quality

of the creating thought.

(...) Observer, London, March 1, 1931

„The party lasted until nearly dawn“

Editorial content. „LONDON THEATRE PATRONS

      LAUD NEW CHAPLIN FILM

      LONDON, Feb. 27 (A. P.I – In a drizzling rain which

would have dampened London‘s enthusiasm for

any event of less importance, hundreds of movie fans stood

tonight outside the theatre where Charlie Chaplin‘s

new picture, City Lights, opened in the presence of glittering

society.

      The comedian himself came early, and when he

appeared the crowd burst into cheers, surged through a line

of bobbies and galopped for the entrance. The police

checked the rush with no little difficulty just at the door, and

Chaplin, waving his hat and stick, went inside.

      Just before the picture started he appeared on a balcony

over the entrance and the crowd rushed for him again.

When the sow ended they were still there in the downpour

eager for one more glimpse of their idol.

      In the dress circle, occupied mostly by invited guests

in full evening dress, the people stood on their seats

as Chapin walked down the aisle to his place. The picture

was given a great ovation, and after the show

Chaplin was host to a number of friends at a cabaret.

The party lasted until nearly dawn.“

      The London Premiere of City Lights takes place

      at the Dominion February 27, 1931.

      Dominion Theatre, Tottenham Court Road, London.

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