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Motion Picture Daily, New York, April 11, 1939.
The Great Dictator Scenes
& UA Convention In Hollywood
May 8; 11 Producers on List
Record Numbers of Pictures Expected From Company
For 1939-40 Season
United Artists will hold its 20th Annual Convention
in Hollywood beginning May 8, it was announced this week by
Murray Silverstone, head of the company. The entire field
staff, together with home office executives, will attend. Eleven
producers, who will contribute to the 1939-40 program of
the company will attend the convention sessions. These include
Samuel Goldwyn, Alexander Korda, David O. Selznick,
Walter Wanger, Edward Small, Hal Roach, Charlie Chaplin,
Douglas Fairbanks, David Loew and Sol Lesser-Ernst
Lubitsch.“ (...)
„Among the pictures to be definitely made, from information
already released, will be Charlie Chaplin in The Dictator
which Silverstone said would be definitely made despite denials.
It will be released in the Fall.“
Photo. „Murray Silverstone“
(...) Showmen's Trade Review, April 8, 1939.
„Should Charles Chaplin go through with his plans“
Editorial content. „Reich Newspapers Forbidden To Refer
To American Films
Berlin, April 10. – German newspapers have been forbidden
by the Ministry of Propaganda henceforth to mention
American films. Recently also, the Hamburg Tageblatt in a full-page article suggested a Nazi boycott of American films
in retaliation for the making of Confessions of a Nazi Spy,
by Warner Bros.
In the same article it was suggested that Germany
forbid the importation of American films, should Charles Chaplin
go through with his plans for making The Dictators for
United Artists.
Distribution quarters here expressed little concern, because
Germany is virtually a lost market. Only 32 features were
released by American companies in Germany last year, and only
three companies are still operating there limitedly.
British officials also have taken cognizance of The
Dictators, with reports from London that its production has
been frowned upon.
Confessions of a Nazi Spy is scheduled to open at the
Strand on April 28.“
Redaktioneller Inhalt
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