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Variety, New York, November 29, 1918.

Shoulder Arms Scenes

& Charles Chaplin has received the greatest

tribute of public favor ever accorded a player. The New York

Strand Theater‘s policy is never to run a picture

more than one week, but the public, and the press, were

so unanimous in their praise of „Shoulder

Arms,“ that the Strand was forced to run it a second

week to meet the demands pf the people.

(...) Motion Picture, Feb. 1919

& SOME SLIPPED.

      Now that the embargo on releases of pictures due

to the influenza epidemic and agreed upon

by twenty-one of the distributing organizations over

their signatures has been lifted, it is recorded

that a number of the distributors did not live up to the

agreement.

      When the Charlie Chaplin „Shoulder Arms“ feature

was shown at the Strand during the embargo

it was stated the late Harold Edel, managing director

of that house, had the picture in his safe and

refused to give it up. The next week the picture was shown

in several other houses, though the four weeks‘

shutdown was supposed to be still in force.

(...) Variety, Nov. 22, 1918

„More on a week than any other star“

Editorial content. „Chaplin‘s Contract Holds.

      The contract existing between the First National Exhibitors‘

Circuit and Charles Chaplin, under which the comedian

was to deliver to the company eight productions during the period

of 18 months, has come up for general discussion in the

trade.“ (...)

      „At the Strand in New York it is pointed out Chaplin will

draw approximately $12,000 more on a week

than any other star that has ever played the house.“ (...)

      Strand Theatre, Broadway and 47th Street, New York.

     Shoulder Arms has a pre-release presentation at the Strand

      Theatre, starting Sunday, October 20, 1918,

      Chaplin‘s film is released by First National October 27, 1918.

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