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Hollywood Filmograph, Los Angeles, July 12, 1930, front page.

Harry Myers almost stole the picture from the star.

(...) Photo, Daily News, N. Y., Feb. 8, 1931

& City Lights Scene 

      From left to right Harry Myers (an eccentric millionaire), Charles

      Chaplin (a tramp), Allan Garcia (the millionaire‘s butler).

& The end is in sight, believe it or not, of Charlie Chaplin‘s

picture, „City Lights.“ Charlie is filming the finishing

scenes and that means that Virginia Cherrill, who has been

working in the picture for, well over a year, will be on

the available list. The reason I mentioned this is because

I happen to know that Samuel Goldwyn is negotiating

with her for a part in Evelyn  Laye‘s picture „Lilli.“ Little Cherrill

has had the distinction of being a leading lady without

ever having made a picture. We hear rumbles from all sides,

too, that Charlie has put his best efforts into this picture

largely to prove his point that silent films are the only legitimate

entertainment on the screen,

(...) Louella O. Parsons, San Francisco Examiner,

June 30, 1930

& Garcia Leaves Chaplin

      With Charlie Chaplin nearing the end of his present picture,

„City Lights,“ Alan Garcia, who has been assisting Mr.

Chaplin, has accepted the position of Spanish dialectian on „The

Gay Caballero,“ directed by Alan Crosland at First National.

(...) Hollywood Filmograph, July 5, 1930

& Chaplin‘s „City Lights“ To Shine in October

     Hollywood – Charlie Chaplin is nearing the finishing

scenes on his current picture, „City Lights,“ and expects to have

it ready for release not later than October.

(...) Motion Picture News, July 12, 1930

„Standing as firm as the Rock of Gibraltar“

Editorial content. „Will Charlie Chaplin Bring Back The „Silents“

      Producers Out To Make This A Comedy Year

      Producers Await Release of City Lights for Reaction

      Standing as firm as the Rock of Gibraltar

in his decision not to make a talkie, Charlie Chaplin has quietly

– and we might say secretly – been making his picture,

City Lights, at his studios in Hollywood, sans dialogue, although

he is going to use sound and music.“ (...)

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