Its premiere in New York City was held in early February, 1936 at the Rivoli Theatre.Chaplin did not attend the premiere of his first film in five years because during his previous public appearance in New York, he found himself "battling through the crowds" everywhere he went.The colonel has become a self-appointed, worshipped godlike leader/dictator of a renegade native tribe while conducting a reign of terror." Ari was impressed by his uncharacteristic male sensitivity, causing something of a jealous rivalry between Ari and Daena for his romantic interest.After an extended year-long shooting schedule (due o an inordinate amount of reshoots due to perfectionist Chaplin), 18 months in overall production time, and other complications involving Chaplin""s impending divorce with his wife and financial issues with he studio,The Kid (1921)was finally officially released in February of 1921.