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Edwin Schallert, Los Angeles Times, L. A., Cal., Oct. 13, 1940.

„THE DICTATOR“ TO HAVE PREMIERE – Billie Gilbert

and Charlie Chaplin in a scene from „The Great Dictator,“ which

will have a dual opening tomorrow evening at the Capitol

and Astor Theaters.

(...) Photo, Brooklyn Eagle, Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 14, 1940

„Chaplin Talks“

Editorial content. „wHILE THE Films REEL BY“ (...)

      „By Edwin Schallert“ (...)

      „Chaplin Test

      The Great Dictator materializes at preview here tomorrow

night, and will exemplify the first real test pf Charlie

Chaplin as a talking picture actor. Imagine that – considering

talkies have been going in a big way for nearly 12 years.

      Not only in that regard, but in others, does The Great Dictator

represent a new pace for the Great Charlot, as he was

called in the days of his triumphant silent films. It was made

with greater speed than any recent Chaplin production,

gives a larger place to the contemporary actor than did even

Chaplin‘s later silents like City Lights and Modern

Times.

      Filmseers have not observed Chaplin for nearly five years.

This is the longest lapse of time between pictures during

his entire career. There were just four years between City Lights

and Modern Times. The Circus was issued about three

earlier than City Lights.

     A liberal in most of his views, Chaplin long remained

a reactionary when it came to pictures with sound.

He hated the very idea of them when they first intruded on the

movieland scene. He did not see them as a means

of expression for himself until just now.

      He kidded talk on the screen in City Lights, with gibberish

spoken in an introductory episode – though not by

himself. He conceded a song (without actual words) in Modern

Times. He uses the gibberish device even in his

new picture.

      But even at that the billboards will have a chance to use

the words once employed as Garbo exploitation. This

time it can be ,Chaplin Talks.‘ But would that really signify

a startling event today? Well, mebbe.

      View it any way you wish Charlot is on the eve of testing

out his real relationship to talking pictures at last.“

     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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