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Motion Picture Daily, New York, December 16,1940.

Douglas Fairbanks in „The Private Life of Don Juan“

– London Pavilion Electric Front

(...) Photo, Motion Picture Herald, Oct. 13, 1934

& Piccadilly Circus, London, 1949,

Kodachrome by Chalmers Butterfield, Retronaut

& Palace Theatre, Victorian home

of Gilbert and Sullivan operettas, built by D‘Oyly Carte,

burns briskly.

(...) Photo, Life, Oct. 7, 1940

& Prince of Wales Theatre, proscenium, London, undated,

English Heritage National Monuments Record

& Gaumont Theatre, auditorium viewed from balcony,

London, undated

& Leicester Square „Fugitive“ Display. With the ban against use

of electricity for advertising signs still on in England,

London‘s Leicester Square Theatre still managed to create

an attractive front-of-the-house display for that

West End cinema‘s engagement of RKO Radio‘s „The Fugitive.“

Proof of the effectiveness may be seen in the crowds

lined up on both sides of the box-office.

(...) Photo, Showmen's Trade Review, June 5, 1948, detail

& Vicious, incessant and comprehensive

as have been the Nazi bombing raids on historic London, heart

of the British Empire, that city‘s spirit is unbroken.

Some of the landmarks dearest to British hearts have been

destroyed, yet Londoners feel not terror, but anger and tightened

determination to hold out and keep on smashing back.

Top is the famous Leicester Square, severely damaged during

an air raid. Leicester Square cinema is on the left.

(...) Photo, Evening Citizen, Ottawa, Canada,

Nov. 12, 1940, detail

& Eine Nacht in London

Von ERIKA MANN

(...) Aufbau, New York, Nov. 1, 1940, part II

„A record circuit deal“

Editorial content. „Dictator Opening

      In London Today

      London, Dec. 15 – Charlie Chaplin‘s The Great Dictator

will open here tomorrow in three West End theatres.

It also has been booked for later showings on the Gaumont

and Odeon Circuits, with Associated British as a possible

third circuit to get the United Artists release.

      It would constitute a record circuit deal, if the Associated

British contract were to be closed. The press gave

The Great Dictator a cordial reception, but there was some

criticism of Chaplin‘s mingling pure comedy with

the role of a ,social Messiah.‘“

      The U. K. premiere of The Great Dictator is

      Dec. 16, 1940 at the Prince of Wales Theatre in London.

      Prince of Wales Theatre, Coventry Street, London.

      It‘s the central London run of the film, concurrent with the

      Gaumont Haymarket and the Marble Arch Pavilion.

      Gaumont Theatre, Kilburn High Road, London.

      Marble Arch Pavilion, Piccadilly Circus, London.

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