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Dell Hogarth, Movie Classic, New York, October 1935.

cine

matters

      By GEORGE LEWIS

      THE fury of the press these days is directed at Charles

Chaplin, a patient man who has often suffered the

slings and arrows of outraged columnists. So far as we have

been able to determine, Mr. Chaplin, in producing

his latest picture, has dared to take his time, a most

unprecedented affront from a funny little tailor

hand-sewing in a land where products of the plant come

made to order. (...)

      THE Chaplin picture was to be released this Fall, and

at the risk of inviting the fury again, we announce

the final reel will be re-filmed. (E. V. Durling announced

the same thing, having stole the story from us.)

The picture was previewed to Boris Z. Shumiatsky, doyen

of the Soviet cinema, and he convinced Mr. Chaplin,

we are told, the picture should be changed. He contended

the humor had a „fearful accusation,“ revealing

the unemployed starving because of the capitalistic system.

Why a Communist should have an objection, we just

don‘t know. We thought the idea would be just the thing

Russia wanted, having read the Hearst newspapers.

      THE very Shumiatsky we were talking about, by the way,

was the latest to deplore Hollywood‘s production

pace. Listening to him we imagined with awe the studios

bursting with driven energy.

(...) Los Angeles Evening Post-Record, Los Angeles,

Cal., Oct. 8, 1935

„His weakness is women“

Editorial content. „CHAPLIN – in Quest of Love

      All his life, the genius of mirth has been seeking an ideal

love. And all he ever found was heartache – until he met

Paulette Goddard

      By Dell Hogarth

      ,HIS weakness is women.‘ So said a producer and a director,

standing on the sidelines at the old Mack Sennett comedy

studios in Hollywood, watching the little comedian shuffle through

his inimitable antics.“ (...)

      Modern Times world premiere will be in New York

      Feb. 5, 1936 at the Rivoli Theatre.

      Rivoli Theatre, Broadway at 49th Street, New York.

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