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Argus, Melbourne, Australia, December 17, 1940.

The Great Dictator Scene

& Home Life Now in London‘s Underground

(...) War Illustrated Cover, Oct. 11, 1940

& The Poor of London Try to Find a Night‘s

Sleep by „Seizing The Subway“

(...) Photo, Life, Oct. 14, 1940

& War‘s Greatest Picture: St. Paul‘s Stands Unharmed

in the Midst of the Burning City.

(...) Daily Mail, Dec. 31, 1940, front page

& Pavilion Theatre, exterior by day, marquee „Dual

Alibi,“ London, 1947, The London Pavilion, 1, Piccadilly Circus,

Westminster, arthurlloyd.co.uk

& London Theatre Bombed

      London (by Cable) – Nazi aerial raiders scored

a direct hit with a bomb on a crowded theater here. There

were casualties.

(...) Film Daily, Nov. 14, 1940

„Greatly amused“

Editorial content. (...) „Chaplin Amuses King

      London, Monday (A.A.P.). The King and Queen and

Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret Rose were greatly

amused by The Great Dictator, Charlie Chaplin‘s

burlesque talkie on Hitler and Mussolini. Their attendance

at the film was part of the King‘s private birthday

celebration.“

      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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