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Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, California, February 3, 1928.

Grauman‘s Chinese Theatre, auditorium from stage,

Los Angeles, undated

& Master of Ceremonies Fred Niblo with Charles

Chaplin at the mike, Chinese Theatre, „The Circus“ Premiere,

Los Angeles, Jan. 27, 1928, newsreel footage

& Ray Murray

(...) Photo, Motion Picture Herald, Dec. 15, 1945

& „The Circus“ Opens at Grauman‘s Chinese

      with One Ring Circus

      By Ray Murray

      Hollywood, Jan. 31. – Friday evening marked

another Grauman opening for which this showman has become

justly famous. The Circus was the attraction and the Chinese

theatre the show place. Sid Grauman has transferred the foyer

of the theatre into a carnival grounds with striped awnings,

booths and cages of ,wild‘ animals and the curious crowd which

always gather for these openings stood around from five

o‘clock in the afternoon until well past midnight. Megaphones

announced each arrival and flashlights and motion picture

cameras recorded their entrance.

      As a prologue Grauman staged an elaborate one ring

circus under a tent on the mammoth stage. Arthur

Jay conducted the orchestra and opened with the overture

A trip to the side show. As acts for the old fashioned

one ring circus Sid had the following: The Three Freehands;

Samaroff and Sonia; Famous Cloudburst; Pepito the

clown; Fallengerg‘s bears; Ed and Jenny Rooney, and Poodles

Hanneford. The prologue served to put the audience

in the proper mood for Chaplin‘s picture. Fred Niblo acted

as master of ceremonies and introduced Chaplin,

Merna Kennedy, Harry Crocker, Allan Garcia and Henry

Bergman, members of the cast of The Circus.

      That there are laughs aplenty in The Circus was

demonstrated at Friday night‘s performance. The story of the

little tramp who falls in love and wins success as a circus

performer, and then leaves the circus when the little bareback

rider marries the tightrope walker is humorous

and pathetic.

(...) Exhibitors Herald and Moving Picture World, Feb. 4, 1928

„They are valued at $25,000“

Editorial content. „Outfit Worn by Chaplin is Insured   

      The largest insurance policy ever to be placed

on a costume was written yesterday to cover the clothes

of a tramp displayed in a Broadway show window.

      Intrinsically the clothes would not bring 25 cents from

a second-hand dealer on Main street, but as the

famous tramp costume in which Charlie Chaplin has made

millions, they are valued at $25,000.

      Sid Grauman yesterday obtained an insurance policy

in this amount from the Behrendt-Levy Company

to protect from fire, burglary and theft the costume in which

Chaplin made his eleven latest pictures, while the

costume is being viewed by thousands in the Broadway

windows of Mullen & Bluett.

      In addition to his latest picture, The Circus, at Grauman‘s

Chinese, Chaplin wore the highly insured clothes in the

making of A Dog‘s Life, Shoulder Arms, Sunnyside, A Day‘s

Pleasure, The Kid, The Idle Class, Payday, The Pilgrim,

The Adventurer and The Gold Rush.“

      Grauman‘s Chinese Theater, 6925 Hollywood Blvd., L. A.

      The Circus is released by United

      Artists in New York January 6, 1928.

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