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Narrator Hedda Hopper's Hollywood Gossip Column

The Real Charlie Chaplin

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood gossip column is read by 32 million Americans. She has the power...

The Real Charlie Chaplin • 2021

Narrator: Hedda Hopper's Hollywood gossip column is read by 32 million Americans. She has the power to make or break careers - and she hates Communists. She tells Hoover, "I'd like to run every one of those rats out of the country and start with Charlie Chaplin." The files show that Hooper's and Hoover's relationship is more or less circular. Hopper fills her columns with gossip about Chaplin that's been fed to her by The FBI. The FBI then quotes those columns in its file against Chaplin. The machine feeds itself

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Narrator Hedda Hopper's Hollywood Gossip Column

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is read by 32 million Americans

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Work in Culver City and play

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Narrator She has the power

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to make or break careers

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Palm Springs the other day I decided to get away

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Narrator and she hates communists

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Saw a little bit of sunshine

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Narrator She tells Hoover

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I'd like to run every one of those rats out of the country

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and start with Charlie Chaplin

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bright music

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The file shows that Hopper and Hoover's relationship

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is more or less circular

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Hopper fills her columns with gossip about Chaplin

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that's been fed to her by the FBI

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Hedda Charlie Chaplin dividing

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his dancing attention night before last at the Persian Room

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Narrator The FBI then quotes those columns

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and its file against Chaplin

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Hedda In the minds of

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Charlie Chaplin is called the debutante's delight

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Narrator The machine feeds itself

Duration

62 seconds

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87

Timestamp in Movie

01:21:48

Uploaded

May 01, 2024

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Movie Summary

A look at the life and work of Charlie Chaplin in his own words featuring an in-depth interview he gave to Life magazine in 1966.