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Film Daily, New York, June 24, 1930.

„MARVELOUS“

      That‘s exactly what every man and woman said who

laid $11.00 on the line to see „Hell‘s Angels“ at the

sensational world premiere at Grauman‘s Chinese Theatre

in Hollywood.

      And I can tell you right now without fear of contradiction

that those $11.00 „babies“ who came with a hundred percent

„show me“ attitude said just that.

      „MARVELOUS“

      Boys and girls of the show world, Howard Hughes has

„put one over.“ „Hell‘s Angels“ is the greatest thing that has ever happened since the beginning of motion pictures. (...)

      Sid Grauman (...)

      „Hell‘s Angels“ (...)

      Is A United Artists Picture

      and is listed in the United Artists 1930-31 line up with (...)

      Charlie Chaplin in „City Lights“

      The comedy achievement of the age.

(...) Ad, Variety, June 4, 1930

& SID GRAUMAN

Grauman‘s Chinese Theatre   Grauman‘s Egyptian Theatre

Hollywood, California

(...) Photo, National Vaudeville Artists Year Book 1927

„Finish his picture in time for release in September“

Editorial content. „Along The Rialto

      with Phil M. Daly

      Charlie Chaplin still remains a diehard on the talkies...

out on the Coast he tells Harrison Carroll: ,My own

pictures will always be silent‘... Charlie thinks sound only

belongs on newsreels, and only concedes that a handful

of talkies to date have anything worth talking about... Charlie

will finish his picture in time for release in September,

and then will go on his first vacation in 17 years... a German

syndicate has offered him a big price for a silent version

of his new film, City Lights ...“

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