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"Chaplin is away to a tremendous start at the Cohan which is doing nine shows a day and charging $1 for the orchestra and first balcony with 50c in its gallery. House has been doing just short of $10,000 a day. Not counting the Friday night (6) $11 premiere, much of which was the usual courtesy give-away, picture is sure to run around $57,000 on its first full week, a figure which few theatre men believed the house could hold at its capacity (1395) and scale. There has been a steady b.o. line since the feature started to grind early Saturday morning with this schedule only changed for Sunday when the house didn't open for business until afternoon, thereby cutting down the total number of performances."
—Variety, Feb. 11th.
NEW YORK CRITICS GO WILD WITH ENTHUSIASM.
TIMES
"Chaplin Hilarious in His 'City Lights.'. . . Film Brings Roars of Laughter. . . spectators rocking in their seats with mirth. . ."
HERALD TRIBUNE
"A brilliant film, genuinely hilarious comedy. . ."
EVE. WORLD
". . .Chaplin has made another winner. . . boxing bout is one of the funniest sequences ever seen upon any screen."
MIRROR
". . .Many laughs. . .sure fire ones. . .you'll want to see it. It's worth seeing. . . — still the incomparable, magnificent Charlie Chaplin."
AMERICAN
". . .you must see it for yourself. To detail i
its thousand laughs would be unfair."
NEWS
" 'City Lights' brilliant. . .we laughed so much and so heartily at 'City Lights' that we feel considerably weakened. . ."
SUN
"Charlie Triumphs Anew in 'City Lights'. . . He is killingly funny. . .hilarious gags. . . See for yourself."
TELEGRAM
". . .hilariously funny picture full of some of the most side splitting antics I have ever seen. . .1 had a grand and glorious time. . ."
GRAPHIC
". . .hilarious. . There was laughter galore for his audience. One of the notable nicker events of this young 1931."
WORLD
" 'City Lights' is superb. . .screamingly funny. . .represents the best pantomimic art we have in America. . ."
JOURNAL
"Comedian a Hit in His Silent Film. You'll'
enjoy 'City Lights.'"
POST
"A dazzling pattern of comedy and pathos . . .He remains the supreme pantomimist Makes you shriek with delight."
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