<P> The film premiered on October 17, 1956 at the Rivoli Theater in New York City . By the time of Todd's accidental death 18 months later in a private plane crash, it had grossed $33 million . </P> <P> In Spanish and Latin American posters and programs of the movie, Cantinflas is billed above the other players because he was very popular in Spanish - speaking countries . There were two souvenir programs sold in theatres . For Roadshow screenings Todd - AO is mentioned, though for general release those pages are not contained in the book . The program was created by Todd's publicist, Art Cohn, who died in the plane crash with him . His biography, The Nine Lives of Michael Todd, was published after their deaths which put a macabre spin on the title . </P> <P> Bosley Crowther called the film a "sprawling conglomeration of refined English comedy, giant - screen travel panoramics and slam - bang Keystone burlesque" and said Todd and the film's crew "commandeered the giant screen and stereophonic sound as though they were Olsen and Johnson turned loose in a cosmic cutting - room, with a pipe organ in one corner and all the movies ever made to toss around ." </P> <P> Time magazine called it "brassy, extravagant, long - winded and funny" and the "Polyphemus of productions," saying "as a travelogue, Around the World is at least as spectacular as anything Cinerama has slapped together ." Time highlighted the performance of "the famous Mexican comic, Cantinflas (who in) his first U.S. movie...gives delightful evidence that he may well be, as Charles Chaplin once said he was, "the world's greatest clown ." </P>

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