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J.S. T., Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati, Ohio, October 5, 1940.
Signs on Broadway (...) The spectacular display at the Astor
Theatre, New York, featuring „The Broadway Melody.“
The large letters spelling the title are in a variety of pastel
shades and brighten from a very dim incandescence
to blazing brightness – an effect accomplished by a device
combining a dimmer and a flasher.
(...) Photo, Motion Picture News, May 4, 1929
& THE TALK OF THE INDUSTRY Only those who have watched
at the Astor Theatre, N. Y., or at Grauman‘s Chinese
Theatre, Los Angeles, can know the thrill of this greatest hit
in the annals of stage or screen. (...) „The Broadway
Melody“ is the biggest event in this industry in ten years!
(...) Photo, Film Daily, Feb. 20, 1929
& Paulette Goddard Sails
On Liner Manhattan
Actress Paulette Goddard, aboard the liner Manhattan,
is en route to Havana, where she said she would
board an airliner for New York and the preview of Charlie
Chaplin‘s new picture. She said Chaplin would fly
direct to New York later.
(...) Evening Citizen News, Hollywood, Los Angeles,
California, Oct. 5, 1940
„Doesn‘t want to embarrass the State Department“
Editorial content. „with TRUESDELL
IN Hollywood“ (...)
„F. D. R. TO OGLE DICTATOR.
For the first time in cinematic history a United States
President will be asked by a movie producer to help
edit and cut final scenes of a motion picture. Charlie Chaplin
is on his way to Washington now for a confab with
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F.D. R. on his Hitler and Mussolini kidding movie, The
Great Dictator. Both Chaplin and the President
have a common repugnance for the directors“ dictators
„and what they stand for, but Charlie, while he
intends to pull no punches in the film, doesn‘t want to
embarrass the State Department either.“
John S. Truesdell
Free Press Hollywood Bureau
(Distributed by Esquire Features, Inc.)
The Great Dictator world premiere is in New York Oct. 15, 1940
at the Capitol and Astor Theatres.
Capitol Theatre, 1645 Broadway (at 51st Street), New York.
Astor Theatre, 1531 Broadway (at 45th Street), New York.
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