Charlie Chaplin

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(In a telegram to Charlie Chaplin)
‘Congrats. Stop. Have discovered only person in world less funny than you. Stop. Name – Baldrick. Stop. PS. Please, please, please – stop.’
What's that ^ ?
 
From that link...

An Author named Kevin Brownwing wrote a book called The Golden Grope – A History of Hollywood Harassment in which he talked about how Chaplin would audition young actresses.

“Apparently he would only communicate with the actresses he was ‘auditioning’ via caption cards and mime, supposedly to test their ability to ‘perform’ in silent movies,” says Brownwing. “The cards would become ever more lewd and suggestive as he got them to undress, and he would fondle their breasts in an exaggerated silent movie acting manner, silently conveying his growing sexual arousal through grotesque facial mugging and crudely mimed gestures. Eventually, he would get them to stand, naked, at one end of the audition room and throw custard pies at them. Finally, he would lick the girls clean with his tongue before making love to them on an actual casting couch, whilst a pianist played appropriate background music. He would insist that they ‘perform’ entirely in mime and if they cried out (as they inevitably did), he would tell them that they had failed the audition!”

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Frankly I think that the whole this whole thing is a recent invention . Whith Chaplin being dead over 40 years its amazing that such a story has only recently come to light. During his life he was certainly not immune to the most outrageous rumours so why has it taken it so long for this particular story to emerge especially in such graphic detail?

The movie clip that has been posted might give a clue as to the sort of of people he offended when he was alive and why someone might wish to plant stories against him. Chaplin was also notoriously left wing and had many American political enemies on the right who despised him . This was to such an extent that he was thrown out of the USA in the 1950's despite him having lived there since the early 1900's (he never became a US citizen).

That being said throughout his life Chaplin was clearly attracted to women who were very much younger than himself but there was never any allegations that he assulted children. Given the power and influence of his enemies had they been aware of such behaviour I would imagine that they would have not hesitated to publicise it at the time. At one function in Hollywood just before the war the Nazi German ambassador to the USA publically "accused" Chaplin to his face of being a Jew to which Chaplin replied "Sir I do not have that honour."

Chaplin was also cited in paternity cases which he usually settled despite initially contesting them. Owing the development of DNA testing in recent years (folk want a slice of his estate) it has since been shown that he was not the father of the children concerned and he had paid his accusers off just to get rid of them. Even during those bitter court cases no one took the opportunity to come forward with the allegations that have been recently made despite the suggestion that there were a large number nof victims.

I am calling bullshit on these recent stories about Chaplin for the simple reason that they didn't emerge when he was alive and when alive he had many very powerful enemies who would have gadly exploited them if they were true.
 
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I am calling bullshit on these recent stories about Chaplin for the simple reason that they didn't emerge when he was alive and when alive he had many very powerful enemies who would have gadly exploited them if they were true.
anar mate perfect analysis with this one your own post ^
 
Did well for himself
Lived in a bygone age when things were different
He will be the best silent movie star, ever. Not a bad epitaph

(In a telegram to Charlie Chaplin)
‘Congrats. Stop. Have discovered only person in world less funny than you. Stop. Name – Baldrick. Stop. PS. Please, please, please – stop.’
Don't let him ever - stop
 

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