eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 7p632 GREAT DICTATOR Danish '47 great different art of Charlie Chaplin as Hitler double & as Tramp! Date Sold 5/26/2015Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. A 1947 (from the first release of this movie in Denmark) Vintage Theatrical Danish Movie Poster (measures 24 1/4" x 33 1/2" [62 x 85 cm]) (Learn More) The Great Dictator, the 1940 Charles Chaplin World War II (WWII) anti-war black comedy ("Charlie Chaplin in his greatest role"; "The world will be laughing again..."; "2 1/2 hours of hilarity! Twelve thousand feet of laughter chosen from half a million feet of film!"; "The Chaplin millions love! The little tramp is back, converging into a dual role of a power-mad tyrant!"; "Plus a New Chaplin! A Chaplin for the new generation of fans, aiming his mirth at a target of timeliness!"; "The comedy masterpiece!"; nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award; the movie was Chaplin's first actual talking movie, because his two previous only had music tracks and sound effects, but no dialogue, and this was a fully talking movie, so it was advertised with the tagline "He talks..."; note that this movie was made very early in World War II, and it had actually started production in 1937, long before the U.S. entered, and before the full extent of the Nazi atrocities were even guessed at, but it seems somewhat bizarre to have a movie that makes fun of such events, although the movie ends with a long brilliant speech in defense of pacifism by Chaplin!) starring Charlie Chaplin (Charles Chaplin; nominated for the Best Actor Academy Award for this film; he played two parts, the Hitler-like Adenoid Hynkel, and "a Jewish barber", a twin for Hynkel), Paulette Goddard, Jack Oakie (nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for this film; as the Mussolini-like Benzino Napaloni), Henry Daniell, Reginald Gardiner, Billy Gilbert (as Field Marshal Herring), Maurice Moscovitch, Emma Dunn, Bernard Gorcey, and Paul Weigel. Note that Adolf Hitler found nothing funny about this movie, and he had it banned in Germany! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that this poster has a great image of Chaplin as the Hitler-like dictator, Adenoid Hynkel, standing over a globe of the Earth. But the Danish poster designer wanted to attract Chaplin's regular audience, so they added an image of him as The Tramp, complete with his trademark hat and cane! Also note that this poster is extremely rare. We have only auctioned it one time before! Note that this poster was folded at one time but has been laying flat for a long time and will be sent rolled in a tube.
UPDATED 05/22/2015: Note that we initially failed to mention that a United Artists paper snipe has been glued over the Constantin Films logo in the lower-right corner. Constantin Films was the 1947 first release studio for this film in Denmark. Condition: good to very good. The poster has minor wear on the foldlines. It has a tiny area of paper loss in the right of the top border and larger paper loss in the left of the bottom border (but solely in the bottom blue area). There are a few tears in the lower left border. This great poster can surely be displayed just as it is, or it would look fantastic after a simple linenbacking. Learn More about condition grades
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