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Film Daily, New York, January 28, 1931.
United Cigars store, 46th Street looking from corner
of Broadway, New York, May 10, 1931, Borough President
Manhattan, detail
& Cohan Theatre, exterior by night, electric sign
Continuous Charlie Chaplin in „City Lights,“ New York, 1931,
gettyimages, John Kobal Foundation
& Cohan‘s Theatre, exterior by night, marquee „The Little
Millionaire,“ New York, early 1910s, detail
& Cohan Theatre, lobby, New York, undated
& Those B‘way Empty Stores
54 Vacant Spaces From 42D To 59TH
Average of Three Empties Per Block – 47th to 48th on
Broadway Worst – That Block but 15% Filled
Guess Work Values
There are 64 vacant stores on Broadway between
Times Square and Columbus Circle for an average of more
than three to a block. (...)
Probably the healthiest block is between 44th and
45th streets. On the left hand side is the Astor,
which is holding nicely. Room rentals here are only 15% off,
good for Times Square sector hotels and all the stores
are rented. Across the street are two theatres, Loew‘s New York,
and the Criterion. No offices, no stores, no headaches.
Small buildings have taken the heaviest on the chin most.
The best they can show is a 50% rental.
One big building started 10 years ago by asking
$3.50 to $4.50 per square foot for offices. Today it takes $3
and likes it.
(...) Variety, Jan. 28, 1931
& „I REMEMBER WHEN...“
By Joe Lee
as told to Jack Alicoate (...)
„I remember when an efficiency man, trying to sell the famous George M. Cohan the idea of saving pennies and nickels,
received the famous reply ,I want a man to waste the nickels and
pennies and make me hundreds and thousands.‘“
„I remember when managers were managers, not head
porters and painters.“
(...) Film Daily, June 12, 1933
& H A I L ! ! !
Charlie
CHAPLIN
in CITY LIGHTS
A comedy romance in pantomime (...)
GALA PREMIERE
Geo. M. Cohan Theatre (...)
FRIDAY, FEB. 6th (...)
„CITY LIGHTS“ WILL BRIGHTEN THE WHOLE CITY
(...) Ad, New York Times, Feb. 3, 1931
& Geo. M. Cohan Theatre (...)
Continuous
from 10 A. M.
Popular Prices (...)
CHARLIE CHAPLIN
in
„CITY LIGHTS“
A comedy romance in pantomime
(...) Ad, New York Times, Feb. 5, 1931
& The following day I left for New York without waiting
for the reviews, for I would get there only four days before
opening. When I arrived, to my horror I discovered
that hardly any publicity has been given the picture other than
a perfunctory ad announcing: „Our old friend
is with us again,“ and other feeble phrases. So I read
the riot act to our United Artists staff:
„Never mind the sentiment, give them information;
we are opening in a non-movie house that‘s
off the beaten track.“ I took half-page advertisements,
staggering them each day in the most prominent
New York newspapers, announcing in the same size letters:
„Charles Chaplin at the Cohan Theatre In
,City Lights‘ Continuous All Day at 50 Cents and One Dollar“
I spent $30,000 extra with the newspapers,
then rented an electric sign for the front of the theatre
costing another $30,000. As there was
little time and we had to hustle, I was up all night.
(...) Charles Chaplin, My Autobiography, 1964
„Arrives in New York Feb. 4“
Editorial content. „Charlie Chaplin arrives in New York Feb. 4.
After the premiere of City Lights, Feb. 6, he will sail for Europe.“
The world premiere of City Lights takes place in Los Angeles
January 30, 1931 at the Los Angeles Theatre.
Los Angeles Theatre, 615 South Broadway (between
6th and 7th Streets), Los Angeles.
City Lights opens in New York February 6, 1931
at the Cohan Theatre.
George M. Cohan Theatre, 1482 Broadway (between
42nd and 43rd Streets), New York.
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City Lights 1930 1931 1932 next previous
