I used to believe this, but it seems that since some time prior to this production, he was already financing all his movies himself. So it is hard to say whether it was necessary because of the Nazis. Premium Charlie Don’t Surf Vintage Shirt. However, he did undoubtedly spend the 2 years filming this in near hiding with a lot of negative press because the Nazis tried to sabotage the filming, and the apologists in Hollywood tried to smear him.  Because he stuck up for them. For everyone really but sticking up for Jewish people was not socially accepted really. Ford was around taking over the automobile industry and he published his very own book on anti-antisemitism.

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Chaplin went against all that. As someone else wrote, The Dictator was fully funded by Chaplin himself. It was his first “Talkie” so he said if the Tramp had to talk, he was going to talk about something worthwhile to him. Finally, in 1951 Chaplin (a British citizen) was denied re-entry into the US unless he submitted to a lengthy interrogation on his political views. Chaplin refused and was unable to return to Hollywood until 1972. Premium Charlie Don’t Surf Vintage Shirt. The longest round of applause in Oscars history (12 minutes). While this may seem insignificant, it highlighted how different the American people felt about him. That red scare paranoia bullshit had passed, and it was America’s way of saying we are sorry.

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No, but no group is representative of all Americans. The point is that they shared a sentiment with all Americans. That Charlie Chaplin was a good man who got wrongfully targeted. Premium Charlie Don’t Surf Vintage Shirt. For the American people, the Oscar attendees expressed their gratitude and love for him No. Especially not in his time- when Gone With The Wind showed up at Oscar nominations in 1940, the same year The Great Dictator came out. The black actors were forced to sit. At a different table from the white ones at the back of the room. One of the execs of the film allegedly had to pull a favor just to get them in, because they hotel the did it in was still segregated and didn’t allow black people.

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