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Rudolf Arnheim, Films, New York, Winter 1940.

John Gay (photographer), Rudolf Arnheim, London, 1949

& Rudolf Arnheim, Film als Kunst,

Berlin 1932, Ernst Rowohlt Verlag, first edition, book cover

& Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard –

Dancing with Paulette at the Monte Carlo, New York,

Oct. 15, 1940, Discovering Chaplin

& Walls, floors, furniture and lighting fixtures designed

by Dorothy Draper for the Fefe Monte Carlo

nightclub in 1940, New York, Archives of Dorothy

Draper & Co., detail

& Mrs. Harrison Williams, who consistently outpoints

and outshines the current crop „Best Dressed“

women, paused with her escort, Prince Serge Obolensky,

well-known Mayfair personage, at the entrance

to Fefe‘s Monte Carlo, May 1940, newyorksocialdiary.com

„Anti-Fascist Satire“

Editorial content. „Anti-Fascist Satire

In my opinion there are two men able to make

a great film on Hitler and fascism. One of them is Erich von

Stroheim, whose film probably never will be made

because it would push the cruel truth too far beyond anything

a film producer can accept. The other is Charles Chaplin,

and he has already offered his film.“ (...)

Rudolf Arnheim, Film Essays and Criticism,

University of Wisconsin Press, 1997.

The piece was originally written in English and first

appeared in Films, New York, Winter 1940.

This review is the first publication of Rudolf Arnheim

after his arrival in the US-exile.

Redaktioneller Inhalt. „Antifaschistische Satire.“ (...)

„Charles Chaplin ist der einzige Künstler, der die Geheimwaffe

des tödlichen Gelächters besitzt.“ (...)

Übersetzung von Ruth Baumgarten.

Rudolf Arnheim, Kritiken und Aufsätze zum Film,

München 1977