Charlie Chaplin's call for peace in the final speech of The Great Dictator is regrettably as relevant today in the midst of the Covid-19 outbreak as it was in 1940. Charlie Chaplin, a lover of ...

The Great Dictator—Charlie Chaplin’s masterful satire of Adolf Hitler—began filming in September 1939, right at the start of World War II. By the time it was released in 1940, the Axis had ...

Hollywood biographer Scott Eyman discussed his book, "Charlie Chaplin vs. America," and the impact of the silent film star's 1940 film, "The Great Dictator." Hollywood biographer Scott Eyman ...

Charlie Chaplin was one of the biggest stars of the silent film era, but he was also a controversial figure throughout the ...

And then there’s the uncommon work that eight such migrants got, for something like two weeks this past winter: watching comedies by Charlie ... the role of Chaplin’s “Great Dictator ...

Clip #8: The Great Dictator (1940) (7:22). Clip #9: Joan Barry and Oona O’Neill (5:00). Who was Joan Barry and what became “increasingly erratic?” For what was Charlie Chaplin “prosecuted?” ...

Charlie Chaplin was born in London ... Chaplin first faced some controversy with the satirical movie The Great Dictator. It was successful overall, but many people did not like the ending.