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Screenland, New York, June 1930.
City Lights Scene
& When the „Big Shots“ of Stage and Screen Visit Hollywood
They Always Live At The
Roosevelt Hotel
Joseph M. Schenck, pres.
„Playground Of The Stars“
(...) Variety, June 4, 1930
& View of the Roosevelt Hotel located 7000 Hollywood
Boulevard as seen from the courtyard of Grauman‘s Chinese
Theatre, Los Angeles, 1930s, Water and Power
& Charlie Chaplin is composing his own music for „City
Lights,“ his next film, almost completed now. He plays
the piano, violin and organ. There is an organ in the projection
room at his studio.
(...) PRESS AGENT PUFFS, Motion Picture News, May 17, 1930
„Differently from almost every other picture producer“
Editorial content. „HOT from HOLLYWOOD
News and Views from Coast Studios“ (...)
„Charlie Chaplin is still firmly resolved not to go talkie.
In fact, he definitely states that he, himself, will never
make a talking picture with other players. he may or he may
not. He hasn‘t decided about that.
Charlie intends to make silent pictures because he believes
there is a great market for them. Being an owner of United
Artists, that organization is morally and legally bound to release
any picture he cares to make, silent or sound. The
exhibitors are not bound to buy it, but Charlie has had plenty
of evidence that they will. When he couldn‘t meet
the release date on his latest picture, and told the exhibitors
that he couldn‘t, he was deluged with wires begging
him to hurry up.
Charlie operates differently from almost every other
picture producer. They calculate that if they put
so much into a picture they will make a profit of so much.
Charlie doesn‘t figure that way. He works at a picture
until he is satisfied that he has something to give, never mind
how much is spent on it. And maybe he won‘t make
a thin dime on it – but he is reasonable certain that he will.“ (...)
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