In his controversial masterpiece The Great Dictator, Charlie Chaplin offers both a cutting caricature of Adolf Hitler and a sly tweaking of his own comic persona. Chaplin, in his first pure talkie, ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Hollywood biographer Scott Eyman discussed his book, "Charlie Chaplin vs. America," and the impact of the silent film star's 1940 film, "The Great ...

Hollywood studios did not want Charlie Chaplin to make The Great Dictator. When he first started writing the script in 1938, the U.S. had not yet entered World War II. In fact, it still enjoyed ...

A thoroughly researched and extremely informative survey of the life and work of one of the great figures of world cinema, Richard Schickel's "Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin" is a must ...

Still beloved by children the world over, Chaplin, despite his humble origins, was a renaissance man – accomplished comedian, actor, composer, writer – and business executive. He was unquestionably ...