January 30, 1931 –
Charlie Chaplin’s City Lights (A Comedy Romance in Pantomime) opened at Los Angeles Theater on this date. The episodic film includes a complete musical soundtrack and various sound effects – but no speech or dialogue.
Charles Chaplin invited Albert Einstein and his wife Elsa to join him at the Los Angeles premiere on this date. When the house lights came up, Chaplin was surprised to see Einstein’s eyes tearing at the final scene. Chaplin said in his autobiography that he had not known Einstein to be so “sentimental.”
The Haus of Dcaligari 