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Variety, New York, September 1, 1926.

JOSEF VON STERNBERG

Author and Director of

„THE SALVATION HUNTERS“

(United Artists)

      „not since the close-up. That Griffith gave. Has any one

      director, producer, star given as much to this

      industry. Either in promise or performance. As Jo Sternberg,

      aged 30; former lab worker and errand boy for

      World Film.“

      (Dannenberg in Film Daily) October 29, 1924

(...) Photo, Film Daily Year Book 1925

„Cannot be touched“

Editorial content. „$90,000 ,SEA GULL‘

      IS GIVEN ,AIR‘

      Chaplin Rejects Von Sternberg‘s Latest“ (...)

      Joseph Von Sternberg, two years ago hailed as the

greatest director yet and who kept on being hailed

until his Salvation Hunters flopped, has now had his Sea Gull

rejected by Charlie Chaplin, who financed the production 

to provide for Edna Purviance‘s return to the screen.

      It is learned the picture cost around $90,000 to make but

that Chaplin felt it was not up to the standard he would

like to have associated with his name. Therefore the film will

remain as it is until Chaplin gets a chance to remake

it himself.

      As matters now stand, that will be about a year from

now. The Circus, Chaplin‘s new one, will not be

completed until Oct. 15 and not ready for release until

Jan. 1.

      Inasmuch as the comedian is contemplating a European

trip with his wife, Lita Grey, some time in February,

it is plain that The Sea Gull cannot be touched until he returns.“

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