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Richard McKenzie, Motion Picture, New York, May 1939.
The Great Dictator Set
& The Great Dictator Lobby Card
„A bombastic dictator who looks like him“
Editorial content. „HOLLYWOOD DECLARES
WAR ON THE DICTATORS
Hollywood has tried to please the dictators but they just
don‘t like our movies. Since they have declared war
on Hollywood, why shouldn‘t Hollywood take up the challenge?
By Richard McKenzie“ (...)
„But the picture that will really make the dictators froth
at the mouth is Charlie Chaplin‘s first talkie. It is a crime, in their
countries, to joke about them. And Chaplin will go beyond
joking; he will ridicule them. And, come fall, the picture will be
seen in all countries where ,the people are still permitted
to have a sense of humor.‘
It started out with the title, The Dictator. Now, since
Mussolini has added his furious protest to Hitler‘s, Chaplin has
changed the title to The Dictators. He is guarding the plot,
as he is himself being guarded. All he will reveal is that he is
playing a dual role. One character will be a downtrodden
derelict, shell-shocked into silence by the World War; the other
will be a bombastic dictator who looks like him.“ (...)
Eight photos, one with Tramp. „Chaplin plays World War
derelict – doubles as dictator in new film, The Dictators,
now being made.“
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