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Rudolf Arnheim, Films, New York, Winter 1940.

Portrait of a Happy Husband By A Smart Wife (...)

(...) Budweiser Ad, Life, Nov. 11, 1940

& Oxford Street, London – In rush for silk stockings

before Government ban Dec. 1, girl matches

shades. Government limits underwear to „rose, nile, champagne,

azure, new peach, lagoon, cloud,“ twelve others.

(...) Photo, Life, Dec. 16, 1940

& The Great Dictator Scene

„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