Stringer, Lew 24 October 2011 | Among the film industry's tributes, director wrote, "He was a monument of the cinema, of all countries and all times |
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— Chaplin biographer Describing his working method as "sheer perseverance to the point of madness", Chaplin would be completely consumed by the production of a picture | , his final short film, was delayed by distribution disagreements with the studio and released a year later |
The visit attracted a large amount of press coverage and, at the Academy Awards gala, he was given a 12-minute standing ovation, the longest in the Academy's history.
16Visibly emotional, Chaplin accepted his award for "the incalculable effect he has had in making motion pictures the art form of this century" | The body was held for in an attempt to extort money from his widow, Oona Chaplin |
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He then worked to fulfil his First National contract, releasing in February 1922 | Chaplin's loneliness was relieved when he met 21-year-old actress in July 1932, and the pair began a relationship |
He later wrote: "[she] imbued me with the feeling that I had some sort of talent".
30from the original on 6 April 2012 | He struggled to find more work, however, and a brief attempt at a solo act was a failure |
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The director of the FBI , , who had long been suspicious of Chaplin's political leanings, used the opportunity to generate negative publicity about him | He added two key members to his stock company, and , and produced a series of elaborate two-reelers: , , , , and |
Chaplin claimed that the Barry trials had "crippled [his] creativeness", and it was some time before he began working again.
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