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December 1916.
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The Society for
Psychical Research
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whose publications include
"Phantasms of The Living"
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and "Human Personality and
Its Survival Of Bodily Death"
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are reporting an
extraordinary phenomenon.
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Mr. Charles Chaplin,
motion picture comedian,
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has been cited in
hundreds of places,
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simultaneously.
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From the Atlantic
to the Pacific,
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from the Canadian
boundary to the Gulf,
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people wait at stations
to see Mr. Chaplin.
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In the same hour,
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crowds are gathering at
hotels across the country.
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"Have you got the Chaplin-oia?"
asks one newspaper.
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Others report the Chaplin Fever,
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the Chaplin Craze,
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Charlie-mania.
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"Chaplin-itis,"
runs one headline,
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"Has spread across America.
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Bootlegs, counterfeits, and
imitators flood the market.
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Lookalike contests spring
up across the globe.
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It's rumored that Chaplin
himself entered such a contest
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and came 20th.
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People demand to know,
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"Who is the Real
Charlie Chaplin?"
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When we think of
Charlie Chaplin,
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we picture this man.
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This is the moment he first
steps on to the screen.
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And he looks at us.
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He reappears soon
after in other films.
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Here he is again.
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And here.
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And he keeps looking at us.
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But this is not Charlie Chaplin.
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This man has no name.
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He has no fixed address.
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No family.
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No set point in space or time.
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You can't pin him down.
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The only constants
are the hat, the cane,
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the boots and the mustache.
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Sometimes just the mustache.
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So who is he?
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He's been called the little man.
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The little fellow.
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The Tramp.
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He's a character played
by Charlie Chaplin.
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"The Tramp" will make
Chaplin more famous
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than any king,
queen, or emperor.
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More famous than any
philosopher, artist,
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or religious figure.
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Famous in a way that
no one has been before.
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Chaplin makes "The Tramp" and
"The Tramp" makes Chaplin.
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You can't see one without
looking at the other.
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They tell each other's stories.
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So where do we start?
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Here's how Chaplin starts.
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1889 begins with a total
eclipse of the sun.
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This year, the Eiffel
tower opens to the public.
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Adolph Hitler is born.
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In Kyoto, Nintendo is founded.
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They make playing cards.
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Electric streetlights are
being installed in London
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where Jack the Ripper
remains at large.
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The pizza margarita is invented.
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They're still working
on the aero plane.
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This is how movies look in 1889.
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89.
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These are
recordings of the human voice.
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Of birdsong.
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Of music.
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Film grows up alongside Chaplin.
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It captures the London
streets he roams as a kid.
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The children he plays with.
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This is the
voice of Effie Wisdom.
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Captured on tape
when she was 92 years old.
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It takes 12
days for the Karno Company
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to cross the Atlantic.
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12 days in a rat
-infested cattle boat.
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At first sight of land,
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one young man leans
over the railing
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and screams out.
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They embark on a grueling
tour of the continent.
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Playing three shows a day.
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Fred Karno's brand
of knockabout comedy
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is intensely physical.
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He teaches his
comics how to trip.
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How to tumble, slide and fall.
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How to take a punch.
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How to fall down a
flight of stairs.
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They're the best
in the business.
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And wherever they go,
one performer stands out.
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But his tour mates
can't work him out.
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Offstage, he's quiet,
moody and reclusive.
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He's usually shabby
in appearance.
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Then, without warning,
he'll dress to kill.
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He teaches himself the
cello, ancient Greek, yoga.
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But above all he vows that
he will not return poor.
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In California, a
fortune teller tells him
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he will soon enter a new field
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in which he will earn
a tremendous fortune.
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They say that fortunes are
there to be made in America.
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The oil boom has created
millionaires overnight.
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Henry Ford has devised
the modern assembly line.
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And Nickelodeon's opening in
cities across the country,
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showing motion picture
comedies around the clock.
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But Chaplin isn't
impressed by the movies.
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He thinks they're a passing fad.
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Mr. Chaplin got
into motion pictures purely,
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in my mind, by accident.
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This is the
voice of Mack Sennett,
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pioneer of movie comedy,
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founder of Keystone Studios,
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specialists in custard pie
warfare and high-speed chases,
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the Mack Sennett Bathing
Girls, the Keystone Kops.
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I have a comedian
working for me at the time.
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His name was Ford Sterling.
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He was a chief of
the Keystone Kops.
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One day
Sterling quits.
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I said, "Oh, shucks".
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Suddenly
Sennett needs a new lead.
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Right away, I
thought of a comedian
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that I'd seen in an
English act called,
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"A Night in the
London Music Hall."
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I couldn't remember
the name at the time,
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but I wired to New York to
associates to find this man.
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And I said, his name is
Champion, Chaprin, or Chambers,
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or something like that.
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So they traced him in
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and they found him in a
small town in Pennsylvania.
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Sennett
offers him $150 a week,
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three times the money
he's getting now.
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He decides he'll stick
it out for a year.
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And if Ford Sterling
had continued with me,
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the chances are that Chaplin
would have returned to England
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and we'd have probably
missed the greatest comedian
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we've ever seen.
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This is
Chaplin telling the story
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in a 1966 interview
for "Life Magazine."
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It's one of the
only times Chaplin has allowed
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a tape recorder
within these walls.
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The million
dollar question.
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He's been asked this countless
times by journalists.
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And also by lawyers.
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This man looks familiar.
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The hat, the mustache.
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But this is not Charlie Chaplin.
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In the 1920s, this
man releases a series
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of knockoff Chaplin films
under the name Charles Aplin.
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Chaplin sues Aplin
and the trial delves
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into the origins of the Tramp.
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Firstly, Aplin claims he
wasn't imitating Chaplin.
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He was imitating Billy West,
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the famous Chaplin impersonator.
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"Aplin's Chaplin isn't
Chaplin," says Aplin.
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Aplin's Chaplin is an imitation
of an imitation of Chaplin.
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"Besides, if anyone should
be on trial for imitation,"
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says Aplin, "It's Chaplin."
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Two of Chaplin's
Karno colleagues,
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Fred Kitchen and Billy Ritchie,
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both claim that Chaplin's Tramp
is an imitation of theirs.
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"I was the first says," Ritchie,
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who goes on to make a living
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producing knockoff
Chaplin films.
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But Aplin and Chaplin, Ritchie
and Kitchen are all following
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in the wake of a great
wave of tramp comedians
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who have been touring
the vaudeville circuit
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since the late 19th century.
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These comedians are
themselves inspired
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by real tramps.
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The drifters who crisscross
America in search of work.
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The homeless Chaplin grew up
with on the streets of London.
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These men are more
likely to see the inside
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of a police cell
than a movie studio.
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But in Chapman's
telling the creation
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of his Tramp is spontaneous.
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He's just
made his screen debut,
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a clear knockoff of his
predecessor Ford Sterling.
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And the reviews aren't good.
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In fact, the
shoes were Sterling's,
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the trousers, Fatty Arbuckle's
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and the hat belonged
to somebody's father.
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The costume isn't stolen,
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but it's assembled, magpie-like,
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from bits of other costumes.
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And so, we're
back here, February, 1914.
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The moment he first
steps onto the screen
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and looks at us.
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And this time the
reviews aren't half bad.
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And it's
not just New York.
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Why is Chaplin fever
spreading across the world?
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What is it about
this little Tramp?
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Well, he's funny.
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He can take any situation
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and make it silly.
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But it's more than that.
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In a society sharply
defined by class,
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the Tramp not only
stands up to the man.
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He gives them a kick up
the arse for good measure.
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To the millions of migrants,
dreaming of a new life,
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the Tramp is someone
without a nation.
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Someone who has no language,
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but who speaks to everyone.
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And in a world divided
by bitter conflict,
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the Tramp can make you laugh,
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whichever side you're on.
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The Tramp defies the
boundaries of identity.
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He blurs gender and sexuality.
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He upends authority and class.
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He's a nobody
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and he belongs to everybody.
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In the work house
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Chaplin dreamed
of becoming rich,
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famous and beloved.
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He's now the highest
paid actor in the world.
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The most famous man alive.
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So all the
adulation, it's not for me.
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It's for the little man.
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First impression was the eyes.
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They could be so warm and so
cold in a flash of a second.
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Because he was a
charmer, you know.
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Charlie
was a great exhibitionist.
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Very flamboyant.
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He put on a great show.
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He loved to talk on any subject,
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pretend that he was a rebel
and a radical politically.
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And he had the means
of making people think
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that he was a very
profound reader,
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when actually I think
he read the first page
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of a number of books
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and made people think
he read the whole thing.
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Charlie
was always acting.
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Always on show, always
the entertainer.
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He didn't want people to
know the real Charlie.
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One's bound to be insecure
with a childhood like his.
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He never felt
anybody loved him.
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He never believed it.
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He said, "Why would
anybody love me?"
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I am no psychiatrist,
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but it's easy to see that
still has a fear of poverty.
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Don't care how
much money he has.
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He still has fear of poverty.
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Within a few years,
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Chaplin has built
his own studio,
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founded a distribution company,
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liberated himself from
dependence on financial backers.
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He follows no schedule.
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He doesn't even follow a script.
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He starts with a vague idea
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and replays it again
and again and again,
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until it becomes funny.
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The actors are instructed
to perform each gesture
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exactly as he does
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as though they are mere
extensions of his body.
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Every nuance, every
glance, he makes first.
256
00:38:33,019 --> 00:38:35,855
His assistant says that if
he could have done every job
257
00:38:35,896 --> 00:38:38,441
on set himself, he would have.
258
00:38:39,483 --> 00:38:43,029
As it is, he writes,
directs, produces,
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edits, scores, and stars.
260
00:38:48,743 --> 00:38:51,495
He even tries his hand
at hair and makeup.
261
00:38:57,960 --> 00:39:01,047
Finally, when he
has total control,
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00:39:02,340 --> 00:39:05,384
he begins his most
ambitious project yet.
263
00:39:28,324 --> 00:39:31,744
It's the story of
an abandoned child.
264
00:39:34,413 --> 00:39:39,335
Of a single mother too
poor to care for him.
265
00:40:14,203 --> 00:40:17,415
In another life, the boy is
headed for the workhouse.
266
00:40:22,795 --> 00:40:25,589
But in this version, when
the authorities arrive
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00:40:25,631 --> 00:40:26,674
to take him away,
268
00:40:28,801 --> 00:40:31,971
he's not going without a fight.
269
00:42:43,644 --> 00:42:46,230
It's been eight years
since he left London.
270
00:42:49,066 --> 00:42:50,985
And when he finally gets back,
271
00:42:53,153 --> 00:42:55,281
he hears a familiar voice.
272
00:43:54,256 --> 00:43:58,510
He finds himself
back in the attic room
273
00:43:58,552 --> 00:44:00,721
of No. 3 Pownall Terrace.
274
00:44:05,184 --> 00:44:08,062
Four walls that the
Chaplin family called home.
275
00:44:11,815 --> 00:44:13,984
Where Chaplin's mother, Hannah,
276
00:44:14,026 --> 00:44:16,904
delighted him with her
costumes and impressions.
277
00:44:20,366 --> 00:44:24,870
Where she struggled to make
ends meet after her voice
278
00:44:24,912 --> 00:44:27,790
and then her stage
career failed.
279
00:44:33,545 --> 00:44:34,838
She sat at this window
280
00:44:35,923 --> 00:44:38,425
and told Charlie she
could see ghosts outside
281
00:44:41,470 --> 00:44:43,597
before she was dragged
off to the asylum.
282
00:44:52,856 --> 00:44:56,985
And Charlie's mother
hasn't left London.
283
00:44:59,029 --> 00:45:00,739
She's living in a nursing home.
284
00:45:05,619 --> 00:45:07,788
So when Chaplin
returns to America,
285
00:45:12,543 --> 00:45:13,752
he brings her with him.
286
00:45:20,968 --> 00:45:23,595
But she teeters between worlds.
287
00:45:30,394 --> 00:45:32,813
Present and past seem to blur.
288
00:45:36,233 --> 00:45:39,236
When she sees her son
dressed as a tramp, she says,
289
00:45:40,738 --> 00:45:45,784
"Charlie, I have to
get you a new suit.
290
00:45:56,044 --> 00:45:59,923
Meanwhile, her son is
making a Hollywood epic.
291
00:46:12,936 --> 00:46:17,775
One that takes the Tramp
to the ends of the earth.
292
00:46:25,783 --> 00:46:30,662
But it's themes
are closer to home.
293
00:47:53,036 --> 00:47:54,913
This is a test
294
00:47:55,831 --> 00:47:59,626
to see how my voice
records on the film.
295
00:48:02,713 --> 00:48:06,133
You are now listening to
a talking, moving picture.
296
00:48:06,174 --> 00:48:09,136
We believe an entirely
new art will be created.
297
00:48:09,177 --> 00:48:12,431
The beginning of a new
era in motion pictures.
298
00:48:21,148 --> 00:48:25,110
Suddenly the Tramp's strength
299
00:48:26,820 --> 00:48:28,447
becomes his weakness.
300
00:48:32,993 --> 00:48:34,036
He can't talk.
301
00:48:36,663 --> 00:48:38,415
What language would he speak?
302
00:48:40,459 --> 00:48:41,585
What dialect?
303
00:48:47,716 --> 00:48:50,886
1928 Warner axes all
its silent projects.
304
00:48:51,970 --> 00:48:54,932
1929 Fox follows.
305
00:48:54,973 --> 00:48:56,099
By 1930,
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00:48:58,143 --> 00:49:00,646
all the major
studios are talking.
307
00:49:02,856 --> 00:49:07,069
One by one Chaplin's
contemporaries start to talk.
308
00:49:07,110 --> 00:49:09,279
First, Laurel and Hardy.
309
00:49:09,321 --> 00:49:10,489
My trunk is packed
310
00:49:10,530 --> 00:49:13,992
and I am leaving for
South America, tonight.
311
00:49:14,034 --> 00:49:15,619
Then Harold Lloyd.
312
00:49:16,703 --> 00:49:18,747
I don't know what to say.
313
00:49:18,789 --> 00:49:20,749
Well, that's nothing new, dear.
314
00:49:20,791 --> 00:49:22,834
Then, Buster Keaton.
315
00:49:22,876 --> 00:49:25,420
Well, I got a lot of
serious talking to do
316
00:49:25,462 --> 00:49:27,506
and you got a lot of
serious listening to do.
317
00:49:28,465 --> 00:49:31,176
The talky
revolution is here.
318
00:49:31,218 --> 00:49:33,679
It's alive! It's alive!
319
00:49:33,929 --> 00:49:35,597
The
public is going crazy
320
00:49:35,639 --> 00:49:37,849
for anything that talks.
321
00:49:37,891 --> 00:49:39,601
Wait a minute! Wait a minute!
322
00:49:39,643 --> 00:49:41,019
You ain't heard nothin'.
323
00:49:41,061 --> 00:49:44,022
But Chaplin
decides to do the unthinkable.
324
00:49:45,649 --> 00:49:47,526
He'll make a silent film.
325
00:50:06,253 --> 00:50:09,131
Like most romantic comedies,
326
00:50:09,172 --> 00:50:12,050
"City Lights"
turns on a misunderstanding.
327
00:50:15,512 --> 00:50:19,391
A blind flower girl mistakes
the Tramp for a millionaire.
328
00:50:22,936 --> 00:50:27,190
Simple enough on paper,
but there is no paper.
329
00:50:28,817 --> 00:50:31,069
Chaplin works without a script.
330
00:50:32,362 --> 00:50:35,157
And this scene is
to drive Chaplin
331
00:50:35,198 --> 00:50:37,743
and everyone around him
332
00:50:38,577 --> 00:50:40,746
to the edge of madness.
333
00:50:43,457 --> 00:50:44,499
Can you tell us
334
00:50:44,541 --> 00:50:46,084
about the shooting
of that sequence?
335
00:50:48,253 --> 00:50:49,296
Oh dear.
336
00:50:53,759 --> 00:50:57,262
He'd take it over and over
and over again.
337
00:50:58,388 --> 00:51:00,432
I often thought
that if he couldn't think
338
00:51:00,474 --> 00:51:01,767
what he was going to do next,
339
00:51:01,808 --> 00:51:04,561
he simply went on doing
the same shot over again
340
00:51:04,603 --> 00:51:05,771
until he thought of it.
341
00:51:09,775 --> 00:51:10,942
Chaplain agonizes
342
00:51:10,984 --> 00:51:12,986
over this mistaken
identity scene.
343
00:51:15,363 --> 00:51:17,115
It's the heart of the film.
344
00:51:17,157 --> 00:51:18,575
It has to feel right.
345
00:51:19,951 --> 00:51:22,120
He was
a perfectionist.
346
00:51:22,162 --> 00:51:25,791
And to us it often seem
to be exactly the same.
347
00:51:27,501 --> 00:51:30,003
When he'd finally
say "It's a take,"
348
00:51:30,045 --> 00:51:31,463
we'd breathe a sigh of relief.
349
00:51:31,505 --> 00:51:34,174
And then he'd say, "Well,
perhaps just one more time."
350
00:51:50,357 --> 00:51:54,236
It's not
working. Why isn't it working?
351
00:51:58,198 --> 00:52:01,493
What if the rich man
buys a flower first?
352
00:52:01,535 --> 00:52:04,162
Then, no.
353
00:52:06,790 --> 00:52:08,250
Maybe it's Virginia Cherrill.
354
00:52:30,730 --> 00:52:33,108
270 days
into the shoot.
355
00:52:34,025 --> 00:52:35,527
Charlie fired me.
356
00:52:36,736 --> 00:52:39,322
It's
Cherrill. She's not right.
357
00:52:39,364 --> 00:52:41,700
He needs a new
flower girl and fast.
358
00:52:43,660 --> 00:52:46,371
The whole thing is going to
cost a fortune to reshoot.
359
00:52:49,249 --> 00:52:51,042
He hires Georgia Hale,
360
00:52:51,084 --> 00:52:53,044
his leading lady
from "The Gold Rush."
361
00:52:55,338 --> 00:52:57,215
He said,
"I'm going to redo all
362
00:52:57,257 --> 00:52:58,758
of 'City Lights' with you."
363
00:53:01,428 --> 00:53:03,763
I'm gonna redo
the whole thing with you.
364
00:53:05,348 --> 00:53:08,143
But, no.
Hale's not right either.
365
00:53:10,103 --> 00:53:11,646
He tests other actresses.
366
00:53:16,443 --> 00:53:20,405
They're just not, maybe
Cherrill was the one.
367
00:53:21,531 --> 00:53:23,909
He begs Cherrill to come back.
368
00:53:29,956 --> 00:53:32,417
It's 534 days into the shoot,
369
00:53:34,127 --> 00:53:36,338
but they still haven't
got the flower scene.
370
00:53:40,133 --> 00:53:42,427
He shot an entire film
around the fulcrum
371
00:53:42,469 --> 00:53:43,929
of this mistaken identity
372
00:53:46,223 --> 00:53:47,933
and it just isn't working.
373
00:53:51,353 --> 00:53:52,437
Then it comes to him.
374
00:53:57,400 --> 00:53:58,652
A slamming door.
375
00:54:01,154 --> 00:54:04,491
The key to Chaplin's
defiantly silent opus
376
00:54:06,785 --> 00:54:07,661
is a sound.
377
00:58:03,146 --> 00:58:07,650
At the premiere,
50,000 people turn out,
378
00:58:07,692 --> 00:58:09,861
hoping to see the Tramp
and the flower girl.
379
00:58:13,490 --> 00:58:15,241
And some speculate the romance
380
00:58:15,283 --> 00:58:17,202
may not be confined
to the screen.
381
00:58:20,330 --> 00:58:22,707
Many people
thought I was his girlfriend,
382
00:58:22,749 --> 00:58:23,666
but I wasn't.
383
00:58:25,710 --> 00:58:30,048
I was much too old.
I was 20.
384
00:58:34,427 --> 00:58:36,054
All four
of Chaplin's wives
385
00:58:36,095 --> 00:58:37,639
were young actresses.
386
00:58:39,891 --> 00:58:41,726
Three were teenagers.
387
00:58:45,522 --> 00:58:47,899
I've asked the author
of this book to visit us.
388
00:58:47,941 --> 00:58:49,692
Her name is Lita Grey Chaplin.
389
00:58:49,734 --> 00:58:51,402
The title is "My
life With Chaplin."
390
00:58:51,444 --> 00:58:54,155
We only have one
of Chaplin's wives on tape.
391
00:58:54,197 --> 00:58:56,699
Second wife
of Charlie Chaplin and-
392
00:58:56,741 --> 00:59:00,954
1966 she
releases her tell-all memoir.
393
00:59:00,995 --> 00:59:03,540
It is a controversial
sensational book.
394
00:59:03,581 --> 00:59:05,833
And here is Lita Grey Chaplin.
395
00:59:12,799 --> 00:59:13,967
I'm curious, Lita,
396
00:59:14,008 --> 00:59:16,386
to find out why
you would write this book.
397
00:59:18,012 --> 00:59:19,764
I had a compulsion to write it.
398
00:59:19,806 --> 00:59:22,183
I felt that the story
just had to be told
399
00:59:22,225 --> 00:59:24,352
or rather I had
to tell the story.
400
00:59:24,394 --> 00:59:27,230
I had lived so many years
with the untrue story.
401
00:59:27,272 --> 00:59:30,233
You starred in one of his movies
402
00:59:30,275 --> 00:59:31,901
or you appeared in
one of his movies.
403
00:59:31,943 --> 00:59:33,903
"The Kid" when
I was 12 years old.
404
00:59:47,709 --> 00:59:49,252
Can I ask how old you
were when you married him
405
00:59:49,294 --> 00:59:50,086
or is that a secret?
406
00:59:50,128 --> 00:59:50,962
Sixteen.
407
00:59:52,171 --> 00:59:54,966
And were you then heading
for a motion picture career?
408
00:59:56,718 --> 00:59:59,137
Yes, I had begun in
"The Gold Rush," but
409
01:00:02,307 --> 01:00:05,810
I
couldn't finish the picture.
410
01:00:05,852 --> 01:00:07,854
Charlie takes two years to
make a picture, you know,
411
01:00:07,895 --> 01:00:10,940
and we became involved in
the meantime in such a way
412
01:00:10,982 --> 01:00:13,192
that I couldn't have
completed the picture.
413
01:00:15,445 --> 01:00:19,490
A teenage girl
pregnant with Chaplin's child.
414
01:00:21,409 --> 01:00:23,286
His first wife, Mildred Harris,
415
01:00:24,621 --> 01:00:26,164
went through something similar.
416
01:00:28,082 --> 01:00:31,836
She divorced Chaplin,
citing mental cruelty.
417
01:00:34,005 --> 01:00:36,507
And things don't start
any better for Lita.
418
01:00:38,801 --> 01:00:40,303
We were married in Mexico
419
01:00:40,345 --> 01:00:43,848
because Charlie didn't want
much said about the marriage.
420
01:00:43,890 --> 01:00:45,600
He was pretty bitter
in the beginning.
421
01:00:45,642 --> 01:00:49,020
On the way back on the
train, he was quite nasty.
422
01:00:49,062 --> 01:00:51,856
We were standing out on the
platform between the cars
423
01:00:51,898 --> 01:00:53,441
while the train was traveling.
424
01:00:53,941 --> 01:00:56,444
And he said, we could just
end this whole situation
425
01:00:56,486 --> 01:00:57,695
if you'd just jump.
426
01:01:05,745 --> 01:01:08,873
Two years
later, Lita sues for divorce
427
01:01:11,918 --> 01:01:14,212
and full custody of
their two children.
428
01:01:17,131 --> 01:01:19,217
It is, up to this point,
429
01:01:19,258 --> 01:01:22,345
the most expensive divorce
in Hollywood's history.
430
01:01:26,057 --> 01:01:28,559
The petition is so sensational
431
01:01:28,601 --> 01:01:31,312
that copies of it start
selling on the street.
432
01:01:37,819 --> 01:01:41,114
Lita describes him
as a serial adulterer
433
01:01:41,155 --> 01:01:43,741
who cheats openly
and compulsively.
434
01:01:45,493 --> 01:01:47,912
She claims he's
paranoid and jealous.
435
01:01:50,206 --> 01:01:51,958
That he flies into rages,
436
01:01:52,959 --> 01:01:56,921
bugs her room,
pulls a gun on her.
437
01:01:58,464 --> 01:02:00,091
She says he tried
to pressure her
438
01:02:00,133 --> 01:02:02,135
into getting a
backstreet abortion.
439
01:02:05,638 --> 01:02:10,184
Chaplin calls Lita a
blackmailer, a gold digger,
440
01:02:10,226 --> 01:02:11,269
a little whore.
441
01:02:15,773 --> 01:02:18,860
The papers label her
Chaplin's child bride,
442
01:02:18,901 --> 01:02:20,778
his school girl wife.
443
01:02:23,489 --> 01:02:25,992
And in a letter of support
for the genius Chaplin,
444
01:02:27,785 --> 01:02:29,954
30 European
intellectuals brand her
445
01:02:29,996 --> 01:02:33,624
an idiot woman, cow,
446
01:02:33,666 --> 01:02:36,252
slut, vermin, parasite.
447
01:02:44,927 --> 01:02:48,181
A part of the public
thought that I was wrong
448
01:02:48,222 --> 01:02:50,057
in my divorce case.
449
01:02:50,099 --> 01:02:55,146
That he was the poor little
mistreated, pathetic little man
450
01:02:55,354 --> 01:02:57,231
with so much pathos and all.
451
01:02:57,273 --> 01:02:59,942
That me and my family
were gold diggers
452
01:02:59,984 --> 01:03:02,278
and all this kind of talk.
453
01:03:02,320 --> 01:03:05,281
And that was, that
made me feel bad
454
01:03:05,323 --> 01:03:07,408
because I knew that a
portion of the public
455
01:03:07,450 --> 01:03:10,203
believed a lot because
they idolized Charlie.
456
01:03:15,041 --> 01:03:16,834
For many
years afterwards,
457
01:03:16,876 --> 01:03:19,504
Lita struggles with
depression and alcohol.
458
01:03:25,885 --> 01:03:28,387
She tries to set the story
straight in interviews,
459
01:03:31,390 --> 01:03:33,184
but the topic
frequently strays back
460
01:03:33,226 --> 01:03:35,019
to the matter of
Chaplin's genius.
461
01:03:43,986 --> 01:03:45,196
Even after her death,
462
01:03:46,823 --> 01:03:49,659
biographies of Chaplin
continue to characterize her
463
01:03:49,700 --> 01:03:52,703
as a manipulative and
seductive teenage girl.
464
01:03:56,958 --> 01:03:59,210
Chaplin, in his autobiography,
465
01:04:00,127 --> 01:04:02,922
dedicates just three
sentences to Lita.
466
01:04:05,383 --> 01:04:07,093
He never mentions her by name.
467
01:04:42,420 --> 01:04:44,630
Lita's
story is a shocking one.
468
01:04:47,091 --> 01:04:51,554
But for Chaplin it
changes nothing.
469
01:05:29,675 --> 01:05:31,886
Plenty has changed though.
470
01:05:35,348 --> 01:05:40,269
The optimism of the Roaring
Twenties has come crashing down
471
01:05:41,771 --> 01:05:44,148
and at every stop
on Chaplin's world tour,
472
01:05:45,900 --> 01:05:48,486
he sees the ravages of
the Great Depression.
473
01:05:50,905 --> 01:05:53,950
Communists and fascists are
fighting in the streets.
474
01:06:01,123 --> 01:06:04,835
Queues outside screenings
of "City Lights,"
475
01:06:04,877 --> 01:06:06,504
are mistaken for bread lines.
476
01:06:17,640 --> 01:06:20,685
In London with Mahatma Gandhi,
477
01:06:20,726 --> 01:06:24,313
he discusses
poverty, exploitation
478
01:06:24,355 --> 01:06:26,357
and the misuse of the machine.
479
01:06:29,527 --> 01:06:32,405
A film is taking shape
in Chaplin's head.
480
01:07:48,981 --> 01:07:52,359
It's number one
at the British Box Office,
481
01:07:52,401 --> 01:07:54,612
a smash in The States.
482
01:07:54,653 --> 01:07:56,447
Acclaimed in the Soviet Union.
483
01:07:59,075 --> 01:08:03,829
But in one country,
the film is banned outright.
484
01:08:14,590 --> 01:08:16,675
Munich, 15 years earlier.
485
01:08:22,556 --> 01:08:25,267
A little man marches
down the street,
486
01:08:25,810 --> 01:08:28,521
swishing at the air
with some sort of cane.
487
01:08:31,857 --> 01:08:34,193
His comical appearance
attracts attention,
488
01:08:34,819 --> 01:08:38,656
particularly his conspicuous
toothbrush mustache.
489
01:08:40,991 --> 01:08:42,159
He looks very familiar.
490
01:08:44,995 --> 01:08:47,915
"Who is this funny little
fellow?" someone asks.
491
01:08:51,627 --> 01:08:54,004
He's the leader of some
fringe political group.
492
01:08:59,844 --> 01:09:02,763
"Just think," remarks
Chaplin a few years later,
493
01:09:03,848 --> 01:09:06,308
"He's the madman,
I'm the comic."
494
01:09:07,518 --> 01:09:09,520
But it could have been
the other way around.
495
01:09:16,443 --> 01:09:20,364
Chaplin and Hitler are born
within four days of each other.
496
01:09:22,908 --> 01:09:25,953
They both grow up
adoring their mothers
497
01:09:25,995 --> 01:09:28,205
and resenting their
drunken fathers.
498
01:09:30,541 --> 01:09:32,042
Both have known poverty.
499
01:09:33,169 --> 01:09:34,753
One plays a tramp on screen
500
01:09:36,463 --> 01:09:39,258
while the other is homeless
on the streets of Vienna.
501
01:09:43,262 --> 01:09:47,057
Both are driven by a passionate
intensity and ambition,
502
01:09:47,850 --> 01:09:49,393
laced with self-pity.
503
01:09:54,356 --> 01:09:59,486
Sound threatens Chaplin's art,
but is the making of Hitler.
504
01:10:03,365 --> 01:10:05,743
They are
both mesmeric performers.
505
01:10:07,870 --> 01:10:09,496
They know how to command a crowd
506
01:10:09,538 --> 01:10:11,665
through exaggerated gestures
507
01:10:11,707 --> 01:10:13,751
and heightened
emotional appeals.
508
01:10:15,753 --> 01:10:19,757
Both elicit intense,
almost physical reactions
509
01:10:19,798 --> 01:10:20,925
from their audiences.
510
01:10:22,301 --> 01:10:23,636
Chaplin makes them laugh.
511
01:10:25,012 --> 01:10:27,598
Hitler drives them
into a frenzy.
512
01:10:33,020 --> 01:10:36,857
And then of course
there's the mustache.
513
01:10:40,611 --> 01:10:42,988
But when Chaplin and
Hitler look at each other,
514
01:10:44,323 --> 01:10:45,407
what do they see?
515
01:10:47,326 --> 01:10:48,953
The Nazis hate Chaplin.
516
01:10:49,828 --> 01:10:51,038
They label him a Jew
517
01:10:51,622 --> 01:10:54,625
and use him in their
antisemitic propaganda.
518
01:11:11,976 --> 01:11:15,479
Neither can escape
comparisons with the other.
519
01:11:17,147 --> 01:11:20,484
And so, as Hitler
celebrates his 50th birthday
520
01:11:20,526 --> 01:11:22,778
with a military
parade through Berlin,
521
01:11:24,905 --> 01:11:29,034
Chaplin is working on a
script for his latest film.
522
01:11:31,245 --> 01:11:35,374
He begins filming the week
Britain declares war on Germany.
523
01:11:38,335 --> 01:11:41,171
In it, Chaplin collapses
the distinctions
524
01:11:41,213 --> 01:11:42,548
between himself and Hitler
525
01:11:44,675 --> 01:11:47,678
as the dictator Adenoid Hynkel.
526
01:11:59,064 --> 01:12:01,066
But it's also a story
of doppelgangers.
527
01:12:02,735 --> 01:12:06,280
He simultaneously plays
the Jewish barber.
528
01:12:06,322 --> 01:12:08,782
Before we take you down,
you'll finish this. Here!
529
01:12:11,076 --> 01:12:12,202
Come on. Paint that.
530
01:12:13,203 --> 01:12:14,330
Why you!
531
01:12:15,581 --> 01:12:17,166
- Ow!
- Hey, come here!
532
01:12:17,207 --> 01:12:19,626
Chaplin, who wasn't Jewish,
533
01:12:19,668 --> 01:12:23,714
has finally aligned the
Tramp with one identity.
534
01:12:26,925 --> 01:12:31,221
A persecuted minority
facing extermination.
535
01:13:29,446 --> 01:13:31,031
At the film's end,
536
01:13:31,990 --> 01:13:34,785
the Tramp is mistaken
for the dictator
537
01:13:39,373 --> 01:13:42,376
and forced to address the world.
538
01:13:47,089 --> 01:13:48,799
When the greatest
comedy character
539
01:13:48,841 --> 01:13:51,093
of all time finally speaks,
540
01:13:53,095 --> 01:13:54,471
it's not to tell a joke.
541
01:13:57,474 --> 01:14:01,103
I'm sorry, but I don't
want to be an emperor.
542
01:14:01,145 --> 01:14:02,438
That's not my business.
543
01:14:03,397 --> 01:14:05,899
I don't want to rule
or conquer anyone.
544
01:14:05,941 --> 01:14:07,818
I should like to help
everyone, if possible.
545
01:14:07,860 --> 01:14:11,321
Jew, Gentile, black men, white,
546
01:14:11,363 --> 01:14:12,906
we all want to help one another.
547
01:14:12,948 --> 01:14:14,908
Human beings are like that.
548
01:14:14,950 --> 01:14:16,285
We want to live
by each other's happiness,
549
01:14:16,326 --> 01:14:18,162
not by each other's misery.
550
01:14:18,203 --> 01:14:20,664
We don't want to hate
and despise one another.
551
01:14:20,706 --> 01:14:22,166
In this world
there's room for everyone
552
01:14:22,207 --> 01:14:25,961
and the good earth is rich
and can provide for everyone.
553
01:14:26,003 --> 01:14:29,089
The way of life can be
free and beautiful,
554
01:14:29,131 --> 01:14:31,175
but we have lost the way.
555
01:14:31,216 --> 01:14:33,844
Greed has poisoned men's souls,
556
01:14:33,886 --> 01:14:36,180
has barricaded the
world with hate,
557
01:14:36,221 --> 01:14:39,224
has goose-stepped us into
misery and bloodshed.
558
01:14:39,266 --> 01:14:42,644
We have developed speed,
but we have shut ourselves in.
559
01:14:42,686 --> 01:14:45,647
Machinery that gives
abundance has left us in want.
560
01:14:45,689 --> 01:14:47,399
Our knowledge has
made us cynical,
561
01:14:47,441 --> 01:14:49,735
our cleverness hard and unkind.
562
01:14:49,776 --> 01:14:52,196
We think too much
and feel too little.
563
01:14:53,489 --> 01:14:55,032
You, the people have the power
564
01:14:55,073 --> 01:14:57,034
to make this life
free and beautiful,
565
01:14:57,075 --> 01:14:59,495
to make this life
a wonderful adventure.
566
01:14:59,536 --> 01:15:02,748
Then in the name of democracy,
let us use that power.
567
01:15:02,789 --> 01:15:04,208
Let us all unite!
568
01:15:04,249 --> 01:15:07,920
Let us fight for a new
world, a decent world,
569
01:15:07,961 --> 01:15:09,588
that will give men
a chance to work,
570
01:15:09,630 --> 01:15:12,716
that will give you the future
and old age a security.
571
01:15:12,758 --> 01:15:15,802
By the promise of these things,
brutes have risen to power.
572
01:15:15,844 --> 01:15:18,555
But they lie. They do
not fulfill that promise.
573
01:15:18,597 --> 01:15:20,057
They never will!
574
01:15:20,098 --> 01:15:23,560
Dictators free themselves,
but they enslave the people.
575
01:15:23,602 --> 01:15:26,688
Now let us fight
to fulfill that promise.
576
01:15:26,730 --> 01:15:29,149
Let us fight to free the world,
577
01:15:29,191 --> 01:15:31,235
to do away with
national barriers,
578
01:15:31,276 --> 01:15:34,905
to do away with greed,
with hate and intolerance.
579
01:15:34,947 --> 01:15:37,241
Let us fight for
a world of reason,
580
01:15:37,282 --> 01:15:39,785
a world where science
and progress will lead
581
01:15:39,826 --> 01:15:41,870
to all men's happiness.
582
01:15:41,912 --> 01:15:46,458
Soldiers, in the name of
democracy, let us all unite!
583
01:16:00,764 --> 01:16:04,268
Chaplin knows
the Tramp can't survive this.
584
01:16:07,980 --> 01:16:09,773
By breaking his silence,
585
01:16:11,525 --> 01:16:13,902
he's putting his
creation on the alter.
586
01:16:19,199 --> 01:16:22,452
But after a quarter of a
century in the Tramp costume,
587
01:16:25,747 --> 01:16:27,124
can Chaplin be sure
588
01:16:28,959 --> 01:16:30,794
that he will re-emerge whole?
589
01:16:35,173 --> 01:16:37,175
Can there be one
590
01:16:38,594 --> 01:16:40,053
without the other?
591
01:17:01,116 --> 01:17:02,784
It's 1947.
592
01:17:05,662 --> 01:17:07,831
Charlie Chaplin is
holding a press conference
593
01:17:07,873 --> 01:17:09,625
at the Gotham Hotel in New York.
594
01:17:13,170 --> 01:17:15,505
He's about to release
his new motion picture.
595
01:17:17,341 --> 01:17:19,885
His first without the Tramp.
596
01:17:22,554 --> 01:17:27,559
But as he knows, no one's
here to talk about the film.
597
01:17:28,518 --> 01:17:29,978
Chaplin.
598
01:18:08,850 --> 01:18:11,937
So, how
did we get here?
599
01:18:16,274 --> 01:18:19,277
"The Great Dictator" has
been an enormous success
600
01:18:20,612 --> 01:18:23,448
and its closing speech
has made such a splash
601
01:18:23,949 --> 01:18:26,410
that Chaplin is
invited to repeat it
602
01:18:27,661 --> 01:18:31,998
at the inauguration of
President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
603
01:18:32,040 --> 01:18:33,542
You, the
people, have the power
604
01:18:33,583 --> 01:18:35,252
to make this life
free and beautiful,
605
01:18:35,293 --> 01:18:37,963
to make this life a
wonderful adventure
606
01:18:38,630 --> 01:18:42,676
that in the name of democracy,
let us use that power.
607
01:18:42,718 --> 01:18:44,136
Let us all unite!
608
01:18:44,177 --> 01:18:46,888
At a fundraiser for
the Russian war relief,
609
01:18:46,930 --> 01:18:49,558
he's invited to speak
for four minutes.
610
01:18:49,599 --> 01:18:51,059
We must have a unity.
611
01:18:51,101 --> 01:18:52,310
He speaks for 40.
612
01:18:52,352 --> 01:18:55,147
And only by
the strength of unity
613
01:18:55,188 --> 01:18:56,940
can we win this war.
614
01:18:56,982 --> 01:18:59,401
He gets carried
away, goes off script.
615
01:18:59,443 --> 01:19:02,028
I certainly
think if that's communism,
616
01:19:02,070 --> 01:19:03,613
there's a lot of people
in the United States
617
01:19:03,655 --> 01:19:04,698
that'll vote for it.
618
01:19:07,784 --> 01:19:10,746
Having waited
so long to break his silence,
619
01:19:12,164 --> 01:19:13,915
Chaplin can't stop talking.
620
01:19:14,958 --> 01:19:17,169
I just made
a speech in Chicago
621
01:19:17,210 --> 01:19:20,672
and I happened to say that
while people are anticommunist,
622
01:19:20,714 --> 01:19:22,883
I am going to be communistic.
623
01:19:24,593 --> 01:19:26,052
We must have the full strength
624
01:19:26,094 --> 01:19:28,472
from the capitalist
to the communist,
625
01:19:28,513 --> 01:19:31,141
in order that we
shall achieve victory.
626
01:19:34,936 --> 01:19:38,857
And people
are starting to listen.
627
01:19:45,113 --> 01:19:47,491
Under the orders of its
notorious director,
628
01:19:47,532 --> 01:19:49,785
J. Edgar Hoover,
629
01:19:49,826 --> 01:19:53,622
the FBI is engaged in
wide ranging investigation
630
01:19:53,663 --> 01:19:55,665
into Chaplin's possible ties
631
01:19:56,833 --> 01:19:59,252
to the international
communist movement.
632
01:20:02,464 --> 01:20:04,883
The Red Scare is underway,
633
01:20:06,051 --> 01:20:07,928
from Capitol hill to Hollywood.
634
01:20:09,721 --> 01:20:12,933
Communism in
reality is akin to disease
635
01:20:12,974 --> 01:20:14,810
that's spread like an epidemic.
636
01:20:14,851 --> 01:20:16,436
And like an epidemic,
637
01:20:16,478 --> 01:20:20,023
a quarantine is necessary to
keep from infecting the state.
638
01:20:21,107 --> 01:20:23,401
Actors, writers and filmmakers
639
01:20:23,443 --> 01:20:24,736
are dragged
in front of the House
640
01:20:24,778 --> 01:20:27,113
un-American
Activities Committee.
641
01:20:27,155 --> 01:20:28,615
Are you or
have you ever been a member
642
01:20:28,657 --> 01:20:30,158
of the communist party?
643
01:20:30,200 --> 01:20:32,619
What is your
opinion regarding communism?
644
01:20:32,661 --> 01:20:35,831
I feel that they really
ought to be smoked out.
645
01:20:35,872 --> 01:20:36,832
If I had my way about it,
646
01:20:36,873 --> 01:20:38,792
they'd all be sent
back to Russia
647
01:20:38,834 --> 01:20:41,086
or some other unpleasant place.
648
01:20:43,713 --> 01:20:47,050
10 Are imprisoned
for refusing to testify.
649
01:20:51,096 --> 01:20:52,806
Hundreds are blacklisted.
650
01:20:54,766 --> 01:20:59,104
Taking down a big star would
be a major coup for Hoover
651
01:21:00,897 --> 01:21:05,068
and they don't come much
bigger than Charlie Chaplin.
652
01:21:05,110 --> 01:21:07,487
Are you a
member of the communist party?
653
01:21:40,353 --> 01:21:43,315
But this response
doesn't satisfy Hoover.
654
01:21:45,275 --> 01:21:47,193
Through the FBI's lens,
655
01:21:47,235 --> 01:21:49,613
Chaplin becomes not
only a communist,
656
01:21:50,947 --> 01:21:52,574
but a foreign subversive,
657
01:21:53,783 --> 01:21:56,745
a homosexual, a Jew.
658
01:21:59,915 --> 01:22:02,417
It tells us a lot
more about the FBI
659
01:22:02,459 --> 01:22:04,377
than it does about Chaplin.
660
01:22:08,423 --> 01:22:09,799
They're looking for dirt.
661
01:22:12,093 --> 01:22:16,514
And in this department,
they have a powerful ally.
662
01:22:19,976 --> 01:22:21,311
Hello everybody.
663
01:22:21,353 --> 01:22:23,229
This is Hedda Hopper reporting
to you from Hollywood.
664
01:22:23,271 --> 01:22:25,774
That fabulous place where
everyone wants to live,
665
01:22:25,815 --> 01:22:27,442
but seldom does.
666
01:22:27,484 --> 01:22:30,028
"Hedda Hopper's
Hollywood Gossip Column"
667
01:22:30,070 --> 01:22:33,156
is read by 32 million Americans.
668
01:22:33,198 --> 01:22:35,200
Work in Culver City and play.
669
01:22:35,241 --> 01:22:36,284
She has the power
670
01:22:36,326 --> 01:22:37,786
to make or break careers.
671
01:22:37,827 --> 01:22:40,038
Palm Springs, the other
day I decided to get away-
672
01:22:40,080 --> 01:22:41,539
and she
hates communists.
673
01:22:41,581 --> 01:22:43,792
Saw a little bit of sunshine.
674
01:22:43,833 --> 01:22:45,627
She tells Hoover,
675
01:22:45,669 --> 01:22:48,880
I'd like to run every one of
those rats out of the country
676
01:22:50,632 --> 01:22:53,843
and start with Charlie Chaplin.
677
01:22:58,306 --> 01:23:02,018
The file shows that Hopper
and Hoover's relationship
678
01:23:02,060 --> 01:23:03,895
is more or less circular.
679
01:23:06,064 --> 01:23:08,900
Hopper fills her columns
with gossip about Chaplin
680
01:23:10,193 --> 01:23:12,612
that's been fed
to her by the FBI.
681
01:23:12,654 --> 01:23:14,155
Charlie Chaplin dividing
682
01:23:14,197 --> 01:23:15,657
his dancing attention night
before last at the Persian Room-
683
01:23:15,699 --> 01:23:18,034
The FBI
then quotes those columns
684
01:23:18,868 --> 01:23:20,370
and its file against Chaplin.
685
01:23:20,412 --> 01:23:21,705
In the minds of...
686
01:23:21,746 --> 01:23:24,708
Charlie Chaplin is called
the debutante's delight.
687
01:23:24,749 --> 01:23:27,043
The
machine feeds itself.
688
01:23:27,085 --> 01:23:30,130
Regarding
communists in Hollywood.
689
01:23:30,171 --> 01:23:32,048
I found much .
690
01:23:32,090 --> 01:23:35,719
The evidence,
however, remains circumstantial.
691
01:23:38,930 --> 01:23:40,015
Until one day-
692
01:23:40,056 --> 01:23:41,516
You know, there's one
man in particular-
693
01:23:41,558 --> 01:23:46,646
Hopper finds a
young woman called Joan Barry.
694
01:23:53,361 --> 01:23:56,948
In 1941, Joan
arrived in Hollywood
695
01:23:56,990 --> 01:23:59,242
as an aspiring young actress.
696
01:24:04,914 --> 01:24:07,083
Charlie Chaplin
took an interest in her.
697
01:24:09,210 --> 01:24:11,129
He said he could
make her a star.
698
01:24:16,092 --> 01:24:20,263
Now she's pregnant
and she needs help.
699
01:24:25,143 --> 01:24:28,938
Hopper and Hoover
sense an opportunity.
700
01:24:33,568 --> 01:24:36,863
Chaplin is taken to court to
prove that he's the father.
701
01:24:39,491 --> 01:24:42,577
And Hopper ensures the
whole case plays out,
702
01:24:42,619 --> 01:24:46,831
week-by-week in
the tabloid press.
703
01:24:50,502 --> 01:24:52,962
The prosecutor
tears into Chaplin.
704
01:24:55,131 --> 01:24:57,342
He reveals that
Chaplin forced Barry
705
01:24:57,383 --> 01:24:59,469
to have two backstreet abortions
706
01:25:00,887 --> 01:25:04,307
and accuses him of decades
of predatory behavior.
707
01:25:08,978 --> 01:25:11,189
Three grueling trials later,
708
01:25:13,608 --> 01:25:16,319
a blood test suggests he
may not be the father.
709
01:25:19,489 --> 01:25:20,532
But it's too late.
710
01:25:22,700 --> 01:25:25,495
The tide has finally turned.
711
01:25:30,041 --> 01:25:33,878
It's a great victory for the
right wing press and the FBI.
712
01:25:42,887 --> 01:25:44,639
But what about Joan Barry?
713
01:25:48,518 --> 01:25:49,853
Where does this leave her?
714
01:25:55,483 --> 01:25:56,693
A few years later,
715
01:25:57,861 --> 01:26:00,155
she is committed to a
psychiatric hospital.
716
01:26:04,284 --> 01:26:06,077
There's no further trace of her.
717
01:26:10,665 --> 01:26:16,087
And now it's open season
on Charlie Chaplin.
718
01:27:57,772 --> 01:28:01,401
Now that it's ended
719
01:28:01,442 --> 01:28:05,947
The romance is over
720
01:28:05,989 --> 01:28:09,284
The passion gone
721
01:28:09,325 --> 01:28:14,330
Like the wind and the rain
722
01:28:14,914 --> 01:28:17,750
Gone are the joys
723
01:28:17,792 --> 01:28:22,088
Of our madness
724
01:28:22,130 --> 01:28:25,341
When I dream of you
725
01:28:25,925 --> 01:28:28,678
In the midst
of all these scandals,
726
01:28:30,388 --> 01:28:31,472
he's married again.
727
01:28:35,059 --> 01:28:36,519
Oona O'Neill.
728
01:28:45,153 --> 01:28:47,864
My mother was
so young when she met him.
729
01:28:50,616 --> 01:28:55,621
She was 17 and he
was 52, I think.
730
01:28:58,916 --> 01:29:00,168
They fell in love
731
01:29:00,209 --> 01:29:02,879
and then as soon as she
turned 18, they married.
732
01:29:06,007 --> 01:29:08,843
Everyone thought
that she was just a bimbo
733
01:29:08,885 --> 01:29:10,720
and that she'd be gone soon.
734
01:29:20,772 --> 01:29:22,357
They were mad about each other.
735
01:29:26,652 --> 01:29:30,114
The only opinion he
listened to was my mother's.
736
01:29:30,156 --> 01:29:34,869
Just couldn't do nothing
without her approval.
737
01:29:40,625 --> 01:29:41,876
She was the sunshine.
738
01:29:43,961 --> 01:29:45,797
She gave warmth.
739
01:30:05,024 --> 01:30:07,944
But his
next film, "Limelight,"
740
01:30:09,153 --> 01:30:11,572
betrays an underlying anxiety.
741
01:30:28,381 --> 01:30:32,009
In it, he's an aging comedian.
742
01:30:35,138 --> 01:30:38,307
Once renowned for playing
a beloved Tramp character
743
01:30:40,601 --> 01:30:41,477
whose public
744
01:30:45,148 --> 01:30:46,649
has now abandoned him.
745
01:31:14,218 --> 01:31:17,847
On September 17th, 1952,
746
01:31:18,973 --> 01:31:21,642
the Chaplin family
depart the United States
747
01:31:21,684 --> 01:31:23,686
to attend the European premiere.
748
01:31:31,736 --> 01:31:34,489
Two days into the voyage-
749
01:31:36,699 --> 01:31:38,034
The story which
makes the most sensational news
750
01:31:38,075 --> 01:31:40,244
is the departure of
Charlie Chaplin for London.
751
01:31:40,286 --> 01:31:42,371
Immigration officials
are prompt to suggest
752
01:31:42,413 --> 01:31:44,874
that the great comic may have
difficulty getting back here
753
01:31:44,916 --> 01:31:46,125
if he wants to come.
754
01:31:46,167 --> 01:31:47,293
The United
States Attorney General,
755
01:31:47,335 --> 01:31:49,045
James P. McGranery,
756
01:31:49,086 --> 01:31:49,921
heard that Chaplin had been--
757
01:31:49,962 --> 01:31:51,797
Charged with making statements
758
01:31:51,839 --> 01:31:56,344
that would indicate a
leering, sneering attitude
759
01:31:58,095 --> 01:32:01,265
toward a country whose
gracious hospitality
760
01:32:02,433 --> 01:32:03,643
has enriched him.
761
01:32:03,684 --> 01:32:05,019
And then at
the Justice Department
762
01:32:05,061 --> 01:32:07,563
decided that Chaplin could
not re-enter the country,
763
01:32:07,605 --> 01:32:11,484
unless he could prove
quote "His moral worth."
764
01:32:29,794 --> 01:32:32,255
This has
been years in the making.
765
01:32:35,633 --> 01:32:37,343
His enemies have
tried everything.
766
01:32:41,264 --> 01:32:42,473
But in the end,
767
01:32:45,142 --> 01:32:46,727
they just wait until he leaves.
768
01:33:03,995 --> 01:33:06,038
Chaplin sells his
Hollywood studio
769
01:33:07,248 --> 01:33:09,292
and retreats to Switzerland.
770
01:33:20,344 --> 01:33:22,972
He moves the family
into a grand estate
771
01:33:25,182 --> 01:33:27,101
ringed by the Alps.
772
01:33:40,364 --> 01:33:43,200
The sentence
I remember most, him saying.
773
01:33:48,539 --> 01:33:51,167
"I'm not bitter about America.
774
01:33:52,543 --> 01:33:55,004
I'm not bitter about America.
775
01:33:56,589 --> 01:34:00,676
Bitter about America?
I'm not bitter about America."
776
01:34:02,178 --> 01:34:06,849
He said it so many times
one begins to wonder.
777
01:34:16,901 --> 01:34:21,864
And Chaplin is
forced to adapt to his new role
778
01:34:23,824 --> 01:34:24,867
as a father.
779
01:34:32,375 --> 01:34:34,543
My father
wasn't Charlie Chaplin.
780
01:34:39,173 --> 01:34:40,800
I knew they were
the same person,
781
01:34:42,009 --> 01:34:43,636
but they looked nothing alike.
782
01:34:47,306 --> 01:34:49,308
Except when he had an audience,
783
01:34:49,350 --> 01:34:51,227
then he would become
Charlie Chaplin,
784
01:34:53,104 --> 01:34:55,523
that other man, the man
that was on the screen.
785
01:35:00,820 --> 01:35:02,405
This is the
Charlie Chaplin we find
786
01:35:02,446 --> 01:35:04,073
in the family's home movies.
787
01:35:11,122 --> 01:35:12,873
A cheerful clown who appears
788
01:35:12,915 --> 01:35:14,792
the moment the camera
starts rolling.
789
01:35:29,390 --> 01:35:31,142
My one wish growing up
790
01:35:32,560 --> 01:35:37,523
was to have one conversation
alone with my father.
791
01:35:43,112 --> 01:35:44,447
Just the two of us.
792
01:35:49,368 --> 01:35:52,913
He was inaccessible
in so many ways.
793
01:35:55,583 --> 01:35:57,126
Your father's working.
794
01:35:58,294 --> 01:35:59,295
Don't disturb him.
795
01:36:02,381 --> 01:36:04,300
He'll lose his inspiration.
796
01:36:08,220 --> 01:36:13,017
Our world revolved around
my father's well being.
797
01:36:20,608 --> 01:36:24,820
I was kind of
frightened of my father.
798
01:36:31,368 --> 01:36:33,496
He was so powerful
in a certain way.
799
01:36:38,125 --> 01:36:41,337
You couldn't argue with him
because he couldn't be wrong.
800
01:36:46,050 --> 01:36:48,928
Everyone who gets
too close to him,
801
01:36:48,969 --> 01:36:50,513
he'll end up suffocating.
802
01:36:53,891 --> 01:36:55,017
He couldn't help it.
803
01:36:59,313 --> 01:37:01,315
That's why I left home
at an early age.
804
01:37:03,108 --> 01:37:06,237
And I think my sisters did too,
you know.
805
01:37:23,420 --> 01:37:25,881
Chaplin
makes two films in exile.
806
01:37:30,928 --> 01:37:33,556
But neither is the comeback
he hopes for.
807
01:37:42,231 --> 01:37:43,649
He said to me,
808
01:37:46,485 --> 01:37:47,903
"I was very famous.
809
01:37:49,446 --> 01:37:50,990
I used to be very famous."
810
01:37:55,286 --> 01:37:56,495
It did matter to him.
811
01:37:58,664 --> 01:38:00,165
Of course it mattered to him.
812
01:38:03,419 --> 01:38:04,879
He needed an audience.
813
01:38:06,255 --> 01:38:07,256
He was a comedian.
814
01:38:09,884 --> 01:38:11,468
You need an audience.
815
01:38:16,307 --> 01:38:17,766
Correction.
816
01:38:17,808 --> 01:38:19,894
It strikes me that happiness
is becoming more difficult.
817
01:38:19,935 --> 01:38:21,812
New paragraph.
818
01:38:21,854 --> 01:38:23,230
To write a book.
819
01:38:23,272 --> 01:38:25,441
A great controversy was
going on in the press, comma...
820
01:38:25,482 --> 01:38:29,028
In this day and age we...
...comma.
821
01:38:29,069 --> 01:38:31,322
Paragraph...of unconsciousness.
822
01:38:47,421 --> 01:38:50,007
In the
pages of his memoir,
823
01:38:50,049 --> 01:38:52,009
Chaplin revisits, once more,
824
01:38:52,051 --> 01:38:54,094
the streets he
wandered as a boy.
825
01:39:02,770 --> 01:39:05,105
The streets he
haunts as an old man.
826
01:39:18,035 --> 01:39:20,496
The streets he returned to
time and again,
827
01:39:22,539 --> 01:39:23,540
as the Tramp.
828
01:39:34,093 --> 01:39:35,552
His old Lambeth neighborhood,
829
01:39:38,764 --> 01:39:41,016
he rebuilt it in his
Hollywood studio.
830
01:39:54,571 --> 01:39:56,156
The gates of Killington Park,
831
01:39:58,450 --> 01:40:01,203
here Chaplin met for a
date with his first love.
832
01:40:04,415 --> 01:40:06,834
It's where the Tramp
meets the flower girl.
833
01:40:12,464 --> 01:40:15,217
And the attic
of No. 3 Pownall Terrace.
834
01:40:19,096 --> 01:40:22,224
Where young Charlie watched
his mother's health ebb away.
835
01:40:30,524 --> 01:40:33,277
It's the attic
room in "The Kid."
836
01:40:44,872 --> 01:40:47,583
And if Chaplin isn't
finished with the past,
837
01:40:49,918 --> 01:40:53,380
the past certainly
isn't finished with him.
838
01:41:04,475 --> 01:41:09,438
When Hollywood stages a grand
reconciliation at the Oscars,
839
01:41:11,231 --> 01:41:14,276
it seems like a bid to
turn back the clock.
840
01:41:28,123 --> 01:41:30,501
When he's knighted in 1975,
841
01:41:32,336 --> 01:41:35,631
people are still searching for
traces of the little fellow.
842
01:41:37,049 --> 01:41:38,425
Sir Charles
left the palace,
843
01:41:38,467 --> 01:41:40,135
not with his famous cane,
844
01:41:40,177 --> 01:41:42,137
but now leaning on
a thick walking stick.
845
01:41:42,179 --> 01:41:45,057
He's 86 next month and
he sat in a wheelchair
846
01:41:45,099 --> 01:41:46,391
as the queen dubbed him.
847
01:41:46,433 --> 01:41:47,976
Is there anyone left
848
01:41:49,019 --> 01:41:53,690
who can look at one
without seeing the other?
849
01:43:19,067 --> 01:43:21,820
When you ask
for the real Charlie Chaplin,
850
01:43:24,573 --> 01:43:25,949
a thousand voices reply.
851
01:43:27,743 --> 01:43:28,785
Take care.
852
01:43:37,211 --> 01:43:39,588
Some are
louder than others.
853
01:43:53,769 --> 01:43:55,229
Some are hidden.
854
01:43:59,816 --> 01:44:02,569
Some struggle to be heard.
855
01:44:06,865 --> 01:44:07,741
And others
856
01:44:10,786 --> 01:44:11,954
remain silent.
857
01:44:24,508 --> 01:44:28,470
I think if anyone
could pin my father down,
858
01:44:28,512 --> 01:44:31,431
could understand him
859
01:44:31,473 --> 01:44:33,141
it was my mother.
860
01:44:37,354 --> 01:44:39,147
My mother's voice doesn't exist.
861
01:44:42,234 --> 01:44:43,485
There's nothing with her.
862
01:44:49,616 --> 01:44:51,868
No recorded interviews.
863
01:44:55,789 --> 01:44:58,125
Certainly she kept
journals. She kept diaries.
864
01:45:03,630 --> 01:45:06,341
Writing was, I think,
her way of escaping.
865
01:45:09,011 --> 01:45:12,347
Writing furiously,
writing continuously.
866
01:45:22,399 --> 01:45:23,608
In her last years,
867
01:45:25,902 --> 01:45:27,904
she spent a lot of
time destroying,
868
01:45:30,741 --> 01:45:32,367
destroying what she had written.
869
01:45:37,664 --> 01:45:39,124
She was probably very lonely.
870
01:45:44,629 --> 01:45:46,131
I could imagine
it would be quite lonely
871
01:45:46,173 --> 01:45:47,883
being the wife of
Charlie Chaplin.
872
01:45:59,644 --> 01:46:01,396
That big wish that I had,
873
01:46:02,898 --> 01:46:06,401
to have conversation
alone with my father.
874
01:46:09,988 --> 01:46:11,365
I forgot about it.
875
01:46:12,616 --> 01:46:14,701
I thought, "Oh, you
know, this is ridiculous.
876
01:46:14,743 --> 01:46:16,453
It's just never gonna happen."
877
01:46:20,582 --> 01:46:25,587
And when I dropped it,
that's when it happened.
878
01:46:28,799 --> 01:46:31,093
Conversation alone with my dad.
879
01:46:41,561 --> 01:46:43,939
I had grown up with the icon.
880
01:46:46,525 --> 01:46:49,778
But the man, I had no
idea who the man was.
881
01:46:53,281 --> 01:46:57,452
He spoke about having
huge amounts of doubt.
882
01:47:01,748 --> 01:47:05,585
He said that he had had
doubts all his life.
883
01:47:13,009 --> 01:47:17,264
He accomplished
his life's dream,
884
01:47:19,266 --> 01:47:22,686
but I don't think he ever
really got over his doubts.
885
01:47:32,154 --> 01:47:35,782
Does one ever really get
over where you come from?
886
01:47:40,495 --> 01:47:42,164
I don't think it
ever leaves you.
887
01:49:01,117 --> 01:49:03,036
If you only shut your trap
888
01:49:03,078 --> 01:49:04,663
I will tell you about a chap
889
01:49:04,704 --> 01:49:07,916
That was broken up
against it and threadbare
890
01:49:07,958 --> 01:49:09,834
He was not the
kind that shirked
891
01:49:09,876 --> 01:49:11,628
He was looking hard for work
892
01:49:11,670 --> 01:49:15,590
But he heard the same
old story everywhere
893
01:49:15,632 --> 01:49:17,634
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp,
keep on a-trampin'
894
01:49:17,676 --> 01:49:19,010
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp
895
01:49:19,052 --> 01:49:22,639
Nothin' doing here for you
896
01:49:22,681 --> 01:49:23,890
If I catch you round again
897
01:49:23,932 --> 01:49:25,850
You will wear the
ball and chain
898
01:49:25,892 --> 01:49:26,977
Keep on tramping
899
01:49:27,018 --> 01:49:29,354
That's the best
thing you can do
900
01:49:29,396 --> 01:49:30,939
He walked up and
down the street
901
01:49:30,981 --> 01:49:32,691
Til the shoes
fell off his feet
902
01:49:32,732 --> 01:49:36,361
In the house he spied
a lady cooking stew
903
01:49:36,403 --> 01:49:38,196
And he said, how do you do
904
01:49:38,238 --> 01:49:39,781
May I chop some wood for you
905
01:49:39,823 --> 01:49:43,618
What the lady told him
made him feel so blue
906
01:49:43,660 --> 01:49:46,288
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp,
keep on a-trampin'
907
01:49:46,329 --> 01:49:47,205
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp
908
01:49:47,247 --> 01:49:50,333
Nothin' doing here for you
909
01:49:50,375 --> 01:49:51,960
If I catch you round again
910
01:49:52,002 --> 01:49:53,753
You will wear the
ball and chain
911
01:49:53,795 --> 01:49:54,879
Keep on trampin'
912
01:49:54,921 --> 01:49:57,299
That's the best
thing you can do
913
01:49:57,340 --> 01:49:59,134
Cross the street
the sign he read
914
01:49:59,175 --> 01:50:00,760
Work for Jesus, so it said
915
01:50:00,802 --> 01:50:02,637
And he said,
here is my chance
916
01:50:02,679 --> 01:50:04,264
I'll surely try
917
01:50:04,306 --> 01:50:05,932
And he kneeled
upon the floor
918
01:50:05,974 --> 01:50:08,018
Til his knees
got rather sore
919
01:50:08,059 --> 01:50:11,730
But at eating time he
heard the preacher cry
920
01:50:11,771 --> 01:50:13,315
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp,
keep on a-trampin'
921
01:50:13,356 --> 01:50:15,108
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp
922
01:50:15,150 --> 01:50:18,320
Nothin' doing here for you
923
01:50:18,361 --> 01:50:19,946
If I catch you round again
924
01:50:19,988 --> 01:50:21,781
You will wear the
ball and chain
925
01:50:21,823 --> 01:50:22,907
Keep on trampin'
926
01:50:22,949 --> 01:50:25,243
That's the best
thing you can do
927
01:50:25,285 --> 01:50:26,911
Down the street he met a cop
928
01:50:26,953 --> 01:50:28,663
And the copper made him stop
929
01:50:28,705 --> 01:50:32,250
And he asked him, when
did you blow into town
930
01:50:32,292 --> 01:50:33,752
Come with me up to the judge
931
01:50:33,793 --> 01:50:35,462
the judge, he said, oh fudge
932
01:50:35,503 --> 01:50:39,507
Bums that have no money
needn't come around
933
01:50:39,549 --> 01:50:41,092
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp,
keep on a-trampin'
934
01:50:41,134 --> 01:50:42,844
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp
935
01:50:42,886 --> 01:50:45,930
Nothin' doing here for you
936
01:50:45,972 --> 01:50:47,641
If I catch you round again
937
01:50:47,682 --> 01:50:49,267
You will wear the
ball and chain
938
01:50:49,309 --> 01:50:50,393
Keep on trampin'
939
01:50:50,435 --> 01:50:52,979
That's the best
thing you can do
940
01:50:53,021 --> 01:50:54,606
Finally came the happy day
941
01:50:54,648 --> 01:50:56,816
When his life did pass away
942
01:50:56,858 --> 01:50:59,861
He was sure he'd go
to heaven when he died
943
01:50:59,903 --> 01:51:01,988
When did he reached
the pearly gates
944
01:51:02,030 --> 01:51:03,531
Saint Peter, mean old saint
945
01:51:03,573 --> 01:51:07,369
Slammed the gate right in
his face and loudly cried
946
01:51:07,410 --> 01:51:10,038
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp,
keep on a-trampin'
947
01:51:10,080 --> 01:51:11,039
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp
948
01:51:11,081 --> 01:51:14,042
Nothin' doing here for you
949
01:51:14,084 --> 01:51:15,835
If I catch you round again
950
01:51:15,877 --> 01:51:17,545
You will wear the
ball and chain
951
01:51:17,587 --> 01:51:18,672
Keep on trampin'
952
01:51:18,713 --> 01:51:21,716
That's the best
thing you can do
953
01:51:21,758 --> 01:51:22,842
Keep on trampin'
954
01:51:22,884 --> 01:51:26,888
That's the best
thing you can do
82377
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