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Harold J. Salemson, Paris-soir, Paris, France, Dec. 10, 1939.
BY HIS LONESOME – Charlie Chaplin arrived at the
Four Star Theater last evening alone. Paulette Goddard, fans
noted, was in a party which included Mr. and Mrs.
Lewis Milestone and others.
Chaplin at Premiere – but Alone
BY READ KENDALL
For the benefit of a multitude of people, Charles
Chaplin last night pulled a „sneak preview“ at the Four Star
Theater for the world premiere of Hal Roach‘s picture,
„Of Mice and Men,“ which was written by John Steinbeck.
Alone and without the acclaim of the crowd,
Chaplin slipped into the theater while Paulette Goddard
arrived to cheers in a party with Lewis Milestone,
the director of the picture; Mrs. Milestone, Francis Robinson
and Reginald Gardiner.
(...) Photo, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles,
Cal., Dec. 23, 1939
& TETE-A-TETE – Paulette Goddard and Charlie Chaplin
dined informally the other night at the Beverly Hills Hotel. They‘re
seen quite frequently at night spots together.
(...) Weissman Photo, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles,
Cal., Oct. 29, 1939
Same photo reprinted in Los Angeles Times, Dec. 3, 1939.
Caption: Charlie Chaplin and Paulette Goddard
are seldom seen out together since starting their new film.
& Later on, Charlie Chaplin intimates, he may relax his ban
against interviews, visitors to the set, etc., but right
now he is turning down publicity breaks on his picture that
most producers would give anything to get. . . . He
refuses to release any of the 100 stills that have been taken.
Even won‘t let Paulette Goddard pose for any pictures
or accept any commercial tieups.
To all requests, Charlie simply says: „It‘s too early.
Wait a while.“
(...) Behind the Scenes in HOLLYWOOD
By HARRISON CARROLL Copyright, 1939 King Features
Syndicate, Inc., Daily Journal, Vineland, New Jersey,
Oct. 21, 1939
& First Draft of Chaplin Film.
The first draft of the new Chaplin picture will be around
300,000 feet of film – which is just about 30 times
as long as the average feature picture! But don‘t get alarmed.
The epic will be cut down to normal length. Charlie
just wants to be sure that he gets everything off his chest
in the first version. And then he can cut out the
objectionable parts. Too bad. The latter will probably
be the most amusing.
(...) Hollywood Today By Sheilah Graham, Hartford Courant,
Hartford, Conn., Nov. 21, 1939
& Dan James, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. L. James, has entered
the movie business in Hollywood. He is assistant
director of „The Dictator,“ the new film Charlie Chaplin
is making. James wrote the company recently
went to an outdoor set where a swarm of bees menaced
the actors.
„Don‘t worry,“ Charlie said. „They won‘t sting you.“
The nonchalant Charlie was the only person who suffered.
(...) About Town BY LANDON LAIRD,
Kansas City Times, Kansas City, Missouri, Nov. 6, 1939
& A person who has seen rushes of Charlie
Chaplin‘s dictator comedy is raving about, of all things, the photography. Charlie never paid much attention
to beautiful camera work before. But, for this picture, he hired
Karl Struss to supervise the lighting.
Paulette Goddard, we hear, may do some work
in a Denver stock company on the completion
of her part in the picture. First, however, she wants to go
to New York. Paulette had a chance to go into the
Benny picture at Paramount but didn‘t want to so many
comedies in a row.
Incidentally, the Chaplin studio golf Tournament,
which Paulette sponsored, will have to be played
over again. The boys got too careless with their scores
in the first match.
(...) Behind the Scenes in HOLLYWOOD
By HARRISON CARROLL Copyright, 1939 King Features
Syndicate, Inc., Morning Herald, Union Town, Pa.,
Nov. 17, 1939
& William Sett, one of Charlie Chaplin‘s sound technicians,
holed an ace on his third round of golf.
(...) SPORTS ROUNDUP By Eddie Brietz,
Denton Record-Chronicle, Denton, Texas, Jan. 29, 1940
& Chaplin Still Busy
Studio Closed to Visitors
War Scenes in New Film Will Be Few
By HARRISON CARROLL (...)
Charlie Chaplin, whose sets are closed tighter than
Garbo‘s, has been working on location for a week
at Canoga park, but the kibitzers didn‘t know it and nobody
got a peek at the picture.
There‘ll be only half a reel of war stuff in Charlie‘s
comedy about dictators. Some of it will be stunt flying for
laughs by the veteran Paul Mantz.
(...) Calgary Herald, Calgary, Canada, Dec. 19, 1939
& Charlie Chaplin‘s whitish locks have been
dyed dark for his picture. At the Joan Fontaine-Brian
Aherne party he was describing his surprise
when he first heard his voice on the play-back recording
machine. „It was rather startling,“ he said. „I didn‘t
realize how high I speak, particularly when I get exited.
I‘ve brought the tone down to a lower pitch.“
According to Charlie, the movie, his first talkie, will
be finished on the sound stages in one month.
Then comes the cutting, at which important chore Paulette
Goddard will sit in.
(...) Chaplin Surprised at High-Pitched Voice,
By SHEILAH GRAHAM, Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.,
Dec. 23, 1939
„Le film avance bon train“
Editorial content. „Charlie CHAPLIN achève son film
„Le Grand Dictateur“ et en change le dénouement
pour l‘actualiser
(De notre envoyé spécial permanent
Harold J. SALEMSON)
Hollywood, décembre (via Cipper)
Malgré les rumeurs tendancieuses qu‘on a pu lancer
à ce sujet, Charlie Chaplin n‘a nullement abandonné
la réalisation de son film The Great Dictator (le grand dictateur).
Le film avance bon train et on pense qu‘il sers achevé
au debut de 1940.“ (...)
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