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Variety, New York, October 23, 1940.

Capitol Theatre, auditorium from balcony, New York,

undated, antjeschultzky.girlshopes.com

& Capitol Theatre, auditorium with balcony, New York,

undated, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts /

Billy Rose Theatre Division

& Capitol Theatre, auditorium before the 1959 renovation,

New York, undated

& First week breaks all-time money

record for the CAPITOL THEATRE, New York, under any policy

for any picture.

      Astor Theatre, New York, capacity and standees

at every performance.“ (...)

      „Charlie Chaplin

      talks in his new comedy

      The Great DICTATOR“ (...)     

(...) Ad, Motion Picture Daily, Oct. 25, 1940.

      Same Ad in Variety, Oct. 23, 1940.

„Should be regarded as the great picture“

Editorial content. „ANOTHER PIX MILESTONE

      The constant progress of the motion picture as an art

and an industry is marked through the years by

individual effort of its creative and showmanship talent.“ (...)

      „Chaplin moves his audience to a vantage point

from which they view the world scene with perspective.“ (...)

      „Chaplin has translated a Babel of turmoil into

an entertainment where men and women laugh for a moment

at fears and misgivings and find renewed courage

and determination to face the realities when the picture fades

from the screen and the theatre is flooded with

the house lights.“ (...)

      „In all the public discussions, legislative hearings and

interferences from high-pressure groups which of late

have given the film industry a bad case of jitters and inferiority,

not enough counter-argument has come from the

screen itself to defeat its misguided defamers. With camera

and film Chaplin strikes a timely blow for the freedom

of an industry.

                                           –––

      That is why The Great Dictator among showmen should

be regarded as the great picture.“

     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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