Scott Detrow

But he made two silent pictures, one City Lights, the other was Modern Times, both of which were huge critical and commercial successes. So he believed that the audience would follow him where he led because they always had before. So he didn't really have a lot of qualms about making The Great Dictator based on almost 30 years in show business and 25 years in the movie business.

But he made two silent pictures, one City Lights, the other was Modern Times, both of which were huge critical and commercial successes. So he believed that the audience would follow him where he led because they always had before. So he didn't really have a lot of qualms about making The Great Dictator based on almost 30 years in show business and 25 years in the movie business.

But he made two silent pictures, one City Lights, the other was Modern Times, both of which were huge critical and commercial successes. So he believed that the audience would follow him where he led because they always had before. So he didn't really have a lot of qualms about making The Great Dictator based on almost 30 years in show business and 25 years in the movie business.

And by God, the audience followed him.

And by God, the audience followed him.

And by God, the audience followed him.

He was completely unconcerned with that. He thought the only way for... He didn't get into logistics. He believed that Hitler was a moral and religious and psychological and death threat to Western democracy. And nothing else mattered except that he to be defeated, logistics and military personnel and everything else be damned.

He was completely unconcerned with that. He thought the only way for... He didn't get into logistics. He believed that Hitler was a moral and religious and psychological and death threat to Western democracy. And nothing else mattered except that he to be defeated, logistics and military personnel and everything else be damned.

He was completely unconcerned with that. He thought the only way for... He didn't get into logistics. He believed that Hitler was a moral and religious and psychological and death threat to Western democracy. And nothing else mattered except that he to be defeated, logistics and military personnel and everything else be damned.

So he was speaking from the point of view of a concerned citizen, not a military strategist.

So he was speaking from the point of view of a concerned citizen, not a military strategist.

So he was speaking from the point of view of a concerned citizen, not a military strategist.

The FBI began basically taking down dictation of all of his speeches. They shadowed him. They began surveilling his house to see if any known communists showed up at his front door for a meeting. That was the proximate cause for a fair amount of the government surveillance over the next couple of years. And that was amplified when he got hit with a paternity suit in 1942.

The FBI began basically taking down dictation of all of his speeches. They shadowed him. They began surveilling his house to see if any known communists showed up at his front door for a meeting. That was the proximate cause for a fair amount of the government surveillance over the next couple of years. And that was amplified when he got hit with a paternity suit in 1942.

The FBI began basically taking down dictation of all of his speeches. They shadowed him. They began surveilling his house to see if any known communists showed up at his front door for a meeting. That was the proximate cause for a fair amount of the government surveillance over the next couple of years. And that was amplified when he got hit with a paternity suit in 1942.

It's a lot of pages.

It's a lot of pages.

It's a lot of pages.

You name it. It depends on the period you're talking about. Basically, at one time or another, he was the target of the entire security apparatus of the United States of America. They would bug his phones at some times, then they would back off on bugging his phones, and they would set up perimeters outside of his house to see who showed up at his front door. They would open his mail.

You name it. It depends on the period you're talking about. Basically, at one time or another, he was the target of the entire security apparatus of the United States of America. They would bug his phones at some times, then they would back off on bugging his phones, and they would set up perimeters outside of his house to see who showed up at his front door. They would open his mail.