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The Real Charlie Chaplin

Through the FBI's lens, Chaplin becomes not only a Communist, but a foreign subversive, a...

Narrator: Through the FBI's lens, Chaplin becomes not only a Communist, but a foreign subversive, a homosexual, a Jew. It tells us a lot more about the FBI, than it does about Chaplin

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Through the FBI's lens
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Chaplin becomes not only a communist
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but a foreign subversive
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a homosexual a Jew
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It tells us a lot more about the FBI
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than it does about Chaplin
Duration
20 seconds
Views
72
Timestamp in Movie
01:21:06
Uploaded
May 07, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
N/A

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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.
        (suspenseful music)          - The Real Charlie Chaplin 00:06
        (suspenseful music)         
      And in this department,             they have a powerful ally.      - The Real Charlie Chaplin 00:05
      And in this department,             they have a powerf...
     That fabulous place where             everyone wants to live,        - The Real Charlie Chaplin 00:05
     That fabulous place where             everyone wants to...
Narrator Hedda Hopper's Hollywood Gossip Column - The Real Charlie Chaplin 01:02
Narrator Hedda Hopper's Hollywood Gossip Column
           (bright music)            - The Real Charlie Chaplin 00:09
           (bright music)           
 [Hedda] Charlie Chaplin dividing  - The Real Charlie Chaplin 00:09
 [Hedda] Charlie Chaplin dividing 
          [Hedda] Regarding                communists in Hollywood.       - The Real Charlie Chaplin 00:04
          [Hedda] Regarding                communists in Hol...
      [Narrator] The evidence,        however, remains circumstantial.  - The Real Charlie Chaplin 00:05
      [Narrator] The evidence,        however, remains circu...
           Until one day-            - The Real Charlie Chaplin 00:09
           Until one day-           
           In 1941, Joan                     arrived in Hollywood         - The Real Charlie Chaplin 00:07
           In 1941, Joan                     arrived in Holl...
        Now she's pregnant                   and she needs help.          - The Real Charlie Chaplin 00:05
        Now she's pregnant                   and she ne...
         Hopper and Hoover                  sense an opportunity.         - The Real Charlie Chaplin 00:05
         Hopper and Hoover                  sense an opportu...
          (dramatic music)           - The Real Charlie Chaplin 00:09
          (dramatic music)          
       And Hopper ensures the                whole case plays out,        - The Real Charlie Chaplin 00:08
       And Hopper ensures the                whole case play...
          (dramatic music)           - The Real Charlie Chaplin 00:07
          (dramatic music)          
           He reveals that                   Chaplin forced Barry         - The Real Charlie Chaplin 00:10
           He reveals that                   Chaplin forced ...
    Three grueling trials later,     - The Real Charlie Chaplin 00:08
    Three grueling trials later,    
           (somber music)            - The Real Charlie Chaplin 00:04
           (somber music)           
          (mournful music)           - The Real Charlie Chaplin 00:09
          (mournful music)          
           (somber music)            - The Real Charlie Chaplin 00:09
           (somber music)