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Film Daily, New York, August 22, 1940.

The Great Dictator Scene

& In a new Mercedes fitted with special headlight slits for

blackouts, Hitler drove up flower-strewn

Saarlandstraße in Berlin before his saluting followers.

Bodyguards followed in cars and people were

kept at a respectful distance.

(...) Photo, Life, Aug. 5, 1940

& Hitler And Napoleon: Two „Little Corporals“ Meet In Paris

(...)  Photo, Life, Aug. 5, 1940

„A cinematic mountain“

Editorial content. „Along The Rialto

      With Phil M. Daly.

      ON the horizon of approaching September... ...

a cinematic mountain looms large...... – Charlie Chaplin‘s peak production...... The Great Dictator.“ (...)

      „The secret which has been unveiled......by the

o‘er-bubbling sages of the film capital......is that

Charlie Chaplin‘s The Great Dictator......IS his masterpiece

......Not a few expert cinematic diagnosticians......

have gone so far as to privately clarion......that this opus is far

and away......the greatest picture of its type......

ever made......“ (...)

     The Great Dictator world premiere is in New York Oct. 15, 1940

      at the Capitol and Astor Theatres.

      Capitol Theatre, 1645 Broadway (at 51st Street), New York. 

      Astor Theatre, 1531 Broadway (at 45th Street), New York.

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