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New York Times, New York, October 15, 1940.

Capitol Theatre, grand staircase at „The Great Dictator“ world

premiere, New York, Oct. 15, 1940, Press Photograph,

Wisconsin Historical Society

& Jack Oakie strikes a pose a la Napaloni.

(...) Photo, Motion Picture Daily, Oct. 16, 1940

& Oakie Arrives Today

      Jack Oakie, featured in „The Great Dictator,“

arrives today aboard the TWA Stratoliner from the Coast

to attend the film‘s opening here next Tuesday.

(...) Motion Picture Daily, Oct. 10, 1940

& „Dictator“ to Have Premiere Tonight

      At Astor, Capitol (...)

      A partial list of those who are scheduled to attend

tonight‘s dual opening includes: H. G. Wells, Mr. and Mrs J. D.

Hertz, Martin Quigley, Lion Feuchtwanger, Floyd Odlum,

Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. (...) Jack L. Warner (...) Fanny

Hurst.

      Somerset Maugham (...) Nicholas M. Schenck (...)

Adolph Zukor (...) David O. Selznick, Walter Wanger, Joan

Bennett (...) James Warburg.

      Joan Crawford, W. C. Van Schmus (...) Lee Shubert.

      Elmer Rice, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Harold Guinsberg, Mrs.

Joseph P. Kennedy (...) Billy Rose (...) Harry M. Warner

(...) Spyros Skouras.

      Irving Berlin (...) Arthur Hays Zulzberger (...) Conde

Nast (...) Henry Dreifuss, Mark Eisman, L. J. Schlaifer.

(...) Motion Picture Daily, Oct. 15, 1940.

„A dual world premiere tonight at the Astor and Capitol“

Editorial content. „Of Local Origin

     Charlie Chaplin‘s long-awaited The Great Dictator will have

a dual world premiere tonight at the Astor and Capitol

Theatres. The comedy, which took two years to make and cost

more than $2,000,000, is Chaplin‘s first production since

Modern Times, which was released in February, 1936. Chaplin

talks for the first time in The Great Dictator and also

plays a dual role.

      Starting tomorrow, the picture will be shown twice daily at the

Astor and on a continuous-run policy at the Capitol.“

      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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