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New York Times, New York, January 8, 1928.

Breaking All Records of Strand Theatre N. Y. C.

      Charlie Chaplin in „The Circus“

      „The CIRCUS HAS NOT BEEN EQUALED

ON THE SILVER SHEET“ Variety (...)

      Motion Picture News: „,The Circus‘ is immense.

Is keeping the ticket machine clicking, and How!“

      Hi-Hat Magazine: „The last word in just-what-they-want

comedy. Two million dollars worth of box-office.“ (...)

      NEW YORK JOURNAL: „Worth waiting for. It‘s a riot.“

      MORNING TELEGRAM: „Good for roars of

laughter, loud enough to drown the voices of a jungle full

of lionine monarchs.“ (...)

      NEW YORK POST: „A rare thing in the cinema world –

a piece of genuine artistry.“ (...)

      NEW YORK WORLD: „Crowds stand ten deep.

The most amusing of all Chaplin pictures.“ (...)

      The World‘s Greatest Show Of Mirth

      United Artists Picture           

(...) United Artists Ad with photo, Exhibitors Herald and

Moving Picture World, Feb. 4, 1928.

      One photo, seven drawings

„Circus slang by oldtime folk“

Editorial content. „TENT SLANG IN ,The Circus‘

      CHARLIE CHAPLIN, author, star and

producer of The Circus, now at the Mark Strand Theatre,

was taught a veritable section of Americans

in circus slang by oldtime folk who assisted him in making

his newest comedy.“ (...)

      Strand Theatre, 1579 B‘way (at 47th St.), New York.

      The Circus is released by United

      Artists in New York January 6, 1928.

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