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Auction History Result 3t0182 GREAT DICTATOR WC 1940 Chaplin Hitler parody, the world will be laughing again, ultra rare! Date Sold 2/14/2023 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded Movie Window Card (WC; measures 14" x 22" [36 x 56 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 we have never before auctioned this window card, which has a very ironic tagline, "The world will be laughing again...", because, of course, as noted above, this movie was made before the Nazi atrocities were revealed, and the world was certainly NOT laughing in the next four years after this movie was released! Note that the window card was folded across the center at one time, but someone put tape on the back of that fold to reinforce it, and we believe that re-folding the window card would lessen its condition. The card will need to be sent in a large flat package. Condition: fair to good. The card was roughly folded across the middle and someone put paper tape on the back of that area. It has uneven darkening and some light stains scattered throughout. Obviously, this incredibly rare card can be restored, but bear the above in mind and look at our super-sized image before bidding. Learn More about condition grades 
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