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New York Times, New York, February 18, 1936.

Notables of Films Gathered at Executive Session

      Left to right, standing, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., actor-

producer; Samuel Goldwyn, producer; Jock Whitney,

sportsman and producer; David O. Selznick, producer; Jesse L.

Lasky, producer; Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., actor-producer.

Left to right, seated, Charles Chaplin, actor-producer; Mary

Pickford, actress-producer; Walter Wanger, producer,

and Roy Disney, film executive. Picture taken at session

of United Artists executives yesterday.

(...) Wide World Photo, Los Angeles Times, Feb. 15, 1936.

      Same photo in Motion Picture Herald, Feb. 22, 1936.

& Chaplin‘s New Film Is Banned In Germany

      CHARLIE CHAPLIN.   ADOLF HITLER.

(...) Acme Photos, Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois,

Feb. 26, 1936

& No Joke for Dictator (...)

      BERLIN, Feb. 17. – Charlie Chaplin‘s new film, „Modern

Times,“ was today forbidden in Germany, and the

chamber of culture warned the moving picture Industry

that all pictures of Chaplin also are banned.

      The few reports of German correspondents about

Chaplin‘s success in America and England which

have been appearing in the German press were carefully

censored and all remarks about the scene showing

the comedian studying Hitler‘s picture and mustache have

been deleted.

      The Revels brothers, who have been successful

vaudeville stars in Germany, also have been

ordered to eliminate the act in which one appears on the

stage in a parody on Chaplin. The American movie,

„The Merry Widow,“ also has been banned in Germany.

This ban was aimed at the director, Ernst Lubitsch.

      Chaplin Sails for Hawaii.

      San Pedro, Cal., Feb. 17. – (AP) – Charles Chaplin

went to sea today „for a rest.“ Accompanying him

aboard the President Coolidge was his Leading lady,

Paulette Goddard; her mother, Mrs. Alta Goddard,

and his valet, Frank Yomemori. „We‘ll stop at Honolulu,“

said the actor. „Maybe we‘ll take a boat there

for the South seas, perhaps Tahiti. I want to do some

fishing.“  

(...) Chicago Tribune, Feb. 26, 1936

& DENIES FILM WAS BANNED

      Goldwyn, Here, tells of „Casting Difficulties“

      Over Lewis Novel

      Samuel Goldwyn, moving-picture producer, declared

on his arrival here yesterday from Hollywood that

the Sinclair Lewis anti-Fascist novel, „It Can‘t Happen Here,“

had not been banned from the films. (...)

      Mr. Goldwyn also said that the Chaplin picture, „Modern

Times,“ had not been submitted to the German

authorities for approval and that all reports that it has been

banned in Germany were false.

(...) New York Times, Feb. 20, 1936

„The censor‘s verdict is awaited with considerable interest“

Editorial content. „REICH HAS YET TO ACT

      ON NEW Chaplin Film

      Report of Ban on ,Modern Times‘ Premature – Revival

      of Old Picture Recently Barred. (...)

      BERLIN, Feb. 17. – A report that Charlie Chaplin‘s new

film, Modern Times, had been banned in Germany

is premature, it was said today at the Propaganda Ministry,

and pending its presentation for review by the censor

no decision will be forthcoming.

      The German press reported its enthusiastic reception

in London last week, but also carried statements

from Paris papers to the effect that the film was ,tainted with

Soviet propaganda.‘

      The German rights have not yet been disposed of and until

a buyer is found and the film is submitted for official approval

a decision by the Nazi Film Chamber cannot be expected. United Artists is not represented in Germany, it was said in film

producing quarters, and as this is Mr. Chaplin‘s first film since

the advent of the new régime the censor‘s verdict is awaited

with considerable interest.

      Mr. Chaplin‘s The Gold Rush was banned when a revival

was planned on the ground that its ,spirit‘ did not conform

with the new ideology. His new production may be prohibited

on similar grounds, this avoiding the predicament

of prohibiting a popular screen artist for racial reasons.“

     Modern Times world premiere is in New York Feb. 5, 1936

      at the Rivoli Theatre.

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

      Modern Times opens in London Feb. 11, 1936

      at the Tivoli Theatre.

      Tivoli Theatre, Strand at the corner of John Adam Street, London.

      Modern Times is not shown in Nazi-Germany.

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