EPISODE · Jan 6, 2023 · 2H 12M
9. Charlie Chaplin Part 5 - The Wise Pity
from Behind the Slate · host Behind the Slate
The final episode in our Chaplin series! Facing repeated scandals, box office failures and anti-communist witch hunts, Charlie Chaplin is kicked out of the country he once loved, and goes from being the most beloved man on earth, to one of it's most controversial inhabitants. Yet in the midst of this turmoil, Chaplin finds joy in marriage and family, and continues to fight against those who doubt him. In the end, he leaves behind one of the most staggering and controversial legacies of any 20th century artist.Email us: [email protected]: @behindtheslatepodTikTok: @behindtheslatepodYouTube: @behindtheslatepodcastJoin our weekly film club: https://www.instagram.com/arroyofilmclubProducer: Greg KleinschmidtPhotography: Lola ScottSources:‘Chaplin His Life and Art’ by David Robinson'Chaplin: A Life’ by Stephen Weissman‘Charlie Chaplin and His Times’ by Kenneth S Lynn‘Tramp: The Life of Charlie Chaplin’ by Joyce Milton,‘Charlie Chaplin: A Brief Life’ by Peter Ackroyd‘Chaplin. Genius of Cinema’ by Jeffrey Vance‘Wife of the Life of the Party’ by Lita Grey and Jeffrey Vance‘My Autobiography’ by Charlie Chaplin‘Charlie Chaplin’s Own Story’ by Charlie Chaplin and Rose Wilder Lane'Oona Living in the Shadows' by Jane Scovell Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit behindtheslatepod.substack.com
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