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Motion Picture Daily, New York, October 1, 1940.

St. Paul‘s Cathedral, the wold-famed landmark

of London, is banked in smoke. Several delayed-action

bombs fell nearby. Explosion might

blow down the rickety, much-repaired dome.

(...) Photo, Life, Sept. 23, 1940

& Al Aumuller (World Telegram staff photographer), America

gains a famous citizen. Albert Einstein receives

his certificate of U. S. citizenship from Judge Philip Forman,

Oct. 1, 1940, Art in Embassies / Library of Congress

& – and still we say

      Bomb Berlin

THE „WITING“ OF A LONDON WALL

      The R. A. F. is told to keep at it

(...) Photo Associated Press, passed by British censor,

New York Times, Oct. 19, 1940

      Same AP Wirephoto in Milwaukee Journal, Oct. 19, 1940.

      Caption:

      „Personal Advice for the RAF

      A LONDON building, its own bomb scars covered

      by tarpaulin flaunts a poster urging a „bomb

      Berlin“ policy. The caption said the sign, which is in the

      Strand, is one of many privately erected ones.

      Meanwhile, in a speech to war workers Friday, Arthur

      Greenwood, minister without portfolio in the

      cabinet, said „what has been done to London will be

      double to Berlin.“

& Red Cross Ambulance Donations Made By

      Quintette of United Artists Producers

      Five of UA‘s independent producers – Alexander Korda,

David O. Selznick, Walter Wanger, Hal Roach and

Edward Small – were revealed yesterday as having made

substantial contribution to Joseph P. Kennedy,

U. S. Ambassador to Great Britain, for one or more Red Cross

ambulances. Samuel Goldwyn has already contributed

through Ambassador Kennedy, while Charles Chaplin has

contributed to several British relief organizations,

including the Red Cross and the British Actors Orphanage

Fund.

(...) Film Daily, Aug. 20, 1940

„To Cheer the British“

Editorial content. „UA to Launch

      Dictator in England Now

      Immediate Release Aimed To Cheer the British

      United Artists is preparing to launch Charlie Chaplin‘s

The Great Dictator in England at once so that the

British, who are now fighting for their very existence, may

obtain immediately the fullest cheer and uplift in morale

from the picture, which ridicules that countries worst enemies,

according to home office authorities.“ (...)

      Photo. „Arthur W. Kelly.“

      The Great Dictator European premiere is Dec. 11, 1940

      in London at the Prince of Wales Theatre.

      Prince of Wales Theatre, Coventry Street, London.

    

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