The feature was Kitty Foyle, knov/n in Berlin as Fräulein Kitty. Couples strolled toward the Kronen Lichtspiele in search of a few laughs, an occasional tear, and the chance to forget Germany. They did not find what they were looking for. U.S. Information Control was trying a Hollywood sneak preview on Germans. The substitute picture was Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator.
The Germans laughed when Charlie Chaplin, as the Jewish barber, shaved a customer in time with Brahms. They laughed when Chaplin, as Dictator Hynkel, danced around the balloon world until...
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