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Motion Picture Herald, New York, November 9. 1935.

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„Red flag“

Editorial content. „A Chapter of Chapliniana

      We were not unaware until the other day that the shoes

which Charlie Chaplin ate in The Gold Rush were

made out of sheets of licorice sewed by hand into perfect

shoes complete with candy laces and patches.

      They say that Charlie‘s newest, Modern Times, has

many hilariously funny sequences, typical being the

incident during which a truck loaded with explosives passes

near a factory and its warning red flag falls in the

street. Chaplin picks it up, runs after the truck to return

it to the driver, and when he chases it round a corner

encounters a parade of reds, police in pursuit. He is swallowed

up in the mob, police break through and, since he is the

only one carrying a red flag, he is arrested.

      They say that a fortune, many times over, has gone

forth from Chaplin‘s pockets to the production staff

he constantly maintains regardless of the long years between

productions. But let him even suspect that a neat sum

has been spent for unnecessary props and he comes running.

      When The Gold Rush was in production he demanded

of Joe Van Meter, his purchasing agent, if it were true that he had

ordered a carload of cornflakes for the snow scenes.

      ,No,‘ lied Joe, ,just three bags full.‘

      Just how six weeks of snow scenes could come out of three

small bags Charlie never thought to ask.“

      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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