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Variety, New York, February 11, 1931.

Movie of the Week City Lights

Chaplin‘s 19-year-old tragicomedy is still the best movie of 1950

(...) Life, May 8, 1950, Part I

„The weather didn‘t stop them from continuously lining up“

Editorial content. „PICTURE GROSSES

      B‘way Trade Boom This Wk. With

      Inspiring Layout of Draw Films;

      Specials Going Big – Capitol $90,000

      Business is bounding this week and in peculiar spots.

      The Street currently presents the unusual scene

of the legit houses which have gone film comparatively outrunning

the big grinds. Only current exception to this rule is the

Capitol where Inspiration blasted in on a five-a-day do juxe

show basis to battle snow and rain for a sweeping

week end which will likely send this Garbo film to around

$90,000 on the week. Also Millie at the Mayfair

where it will top $40,000 this week

      All theatres had to fight the winter‘s worst snow Saturday

night which went on into Sunday, turned to rain and

never let up throughout Monday. But the weather didn‘t stop

them from continuously lining up outside the Cohan

as well as the Capitol. The Cohan has got Chaplin‘s City Lights

with the Astor and Globe, respectively displaying

Trader Horn and Cimarron, very much in the present

smash class.“ (...)  

      „Chaplin is away to a tremendous start at the Cohan

which is doing nine shows a day and charging $1

for the orchestra and first balcony with 50c in its gallery.

House has been doing just short of $10,000 a day.

Not counting the Friday night (6) $11 premiere, much of which

was the usual courtesy give-away, picture is sure to run

around $57,000 on its first full week, a figure which few theatre

men believed the house could hold at its capacity (1,395)

and scale. There has been a steady b. o. line since the feature

started to grind early Saturday morning with this schedule

only changed for Sunday when the house didn‘t open for business

until afternoon, thereby cutting down the total number

of performances.“ (...)

      „Estimates for This Week“ (..)

      „Cohan (1,305; 50-$1) – City Lights (Chaplin)

(1st week). Drew hysterical reviews, given ad splurge and

result continuous lines since opening; will bo around

$57,000 this week, its first; performances running 1:47 with

newsreel and cartoon.“  

     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.

      City Lights closes at the Cohan Theatre in New York

      April 30, 1931.

    

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