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Film Daily, New York, April 18, 1926.

For laughing purposes! Today... and every day there are

31,640 unreserved seats at the Capitol –

Charlie Chaplin in his new comedy „The Great Dictator“

(...) Ad, Oct. 1940

& Capitol Theatre, exterior by night, New York

(...) Motion Picture News, Jan. 27, 1923

& George Mann (photographer), Capitol Theatre, exterior

by day, marquee Marie Dressler & Wallace Beery

„Min & Bill“ – Barto & Mann – Dave Schooler in „Mexicana,“

New York, 1930, George Mann Archive

& The Late S. L. Rothafel in his Capitol Theatre,

New York, before 1936

& Capitol Theatre, auditorium with balcony, New York, undated,

New York Public Library for Performing Arts

& Charlie Entertained With

Imitations of Various Nuts.

(...) Cartoon, Fresno Morning Republican,

Fresno, Cal., April 11, 1926

& The Best Short Stories of Ring Lardner, Paperback Cover,

New York 1985 (first published 1943)

& Ring Lardner.

(...) Photo, Fresno Morning Republican,

Fresno, Cal., April 11, 1926

& There was no music at Charlie Chaplin‘s studio, but the

promising young comic made up for it by treating

us like our visit had rendered it a perfect day. We set in nameless

chairs and watched him make several scenes in his

new picture, „The Circus,“ which comes out next fall and will

be a wow from what we seen of it. Wile the different lights

and etc. was being got in readiness, Charlie entertained us with imitations of various nuts and finely overwhelmed us with

a invitation to dine at his house on the following Saturday night.

      So we dined their en famille with Mr. and Mrs.

Charlie and the mother-in-law and Harry Crocker, a genial

friend of Charlie‘s who doubles as his secretary and

also gives him advice which he don‘t take. Charlie has got his

own screen and projecting machine and after dinner

he said he had 3 new pictures which we could take our

choice. The 3 was „Tumbleweeds“ and „The

Devil‘s Circus“ and something else and we chose „The

Devil‘s Circus.“ This was our mistake.

      DANGER LOOMS

      BEFORE FILM STARS

      Another feature of the Chaplin home is a big pipe organ

which Charlie played on it for us. His taste runs

to soft, foreign sounding tunes and improvisations and he plays

everything in the key of F. All and all this was as nice

an evening as we spent in the West and from now on I will be a

Chaplin booster. You remember how I used to pan him.

(...) Ring Lardner (Bell Syndicate, Inc.), Fresno Morning

Republican, Fresno, Cal., April 11, 1926

„May go to the Capitol“

Editorial content. „Charlie and the Capitol

      Guarded whispers are afloat. Chaplin‘s The Circus

may go to the Capitol. ‘Tis said the guarantee and percentage

is unusual. The picture will run for several weeks. Can

you imagine what gross Chaplin can do in a theatre with the

Capitol‘s seating capacity?“

      The Circus opens January 6, 1928 at the

      Strand Theatre, New York.

      The Great Dictator premiere opens October 15, 1940 at the

      Capitol and Astor Theatres, New York.

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