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.Then, their brain would shut down and an individual would enter a comatose state ("permanent sleep").During training, Rocky showed continual demoralization and distractedness, bolstered by Paulie""s criticisms of the low-class surroundings, the "jungle junk music," and his pessimism about everything: "He""s a bruiser.It was the first animated film to win the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film, a new category.