 Besides Mayakovsky many others also persuaded Shvedchikov to spread the film around the world and after constant pressure from Sovkino he eventually sent the film to Berlin.There "Battleship Potemkin" became a huge success, and the film was again screened in Moscow.When Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford visited Moscow in July 1926, they were full of praise for "Battleship Potemkin"; Fairbanks helped distribute the film in the U.S., and even asked Eisenstein to go to Hollywood.