The great dictator
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Chatsworth, CA : Image Entertainment [distributor], [2000].
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Published
Chatsworth, CA : Image Entertainment [distributor], [2000].
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (126 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English

Notes

General Note
Videodisc release of the 1940 motion picture.
General Note
Additional material includes a seven-minute sequence shot in 1918 for Sunnyside that inspired the famous barber scene in The Great Dictator, a 1933 Fox MovieTone newsreel about Adolf Hitler, original story notes, drafts of scripts and production records documenting Chaplin's work on Sequence "X"--the Final Speech.
Creation/Production Credits
Directors of photography, Karl Strauss, Roland Totheroh; film editor, William Nico; musical direction, Meredith Wilson.
Participants/Performers
Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Jack Oakie, Henry Daniell, Reginald Gardiner, Billy Gilbert.
Description
Chaplin plays the double role of the persecuted Jewish barber and Adenoid Hynkel, dictator of Tomania. The barber is imprisoned, escapes, and is finally mistaken for the dictator at which point he makes an impassioned, humanistic speech which amazes the dictator's followers.
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DVD (with chapter stops)
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DVD

Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Chaplin, C., Goddard, P., & Oakie, J. (2000). The great dictator . Image Entertainment [distributor].

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Chaplin, Charlie, 1889-1977, Paulette Goddard and Jack Oakie. 2000. The Great Dictator. Image Entertainment [distributor].

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Chaplin, Charlie, 1889-1977, Paulette Goddard and Jack Oakie. The Great Dictator Image Entertainment [distributor], 2000.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Chaplin, Charlie, Paulette Goddard, and Jack Oakie. The Great Dictator Image Entertainment [distributor], 2000.

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