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Scott Detrow

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Fresh Air
The Exile Of Charlie Chaplin

And there's only so much you can get by reading newspapers.

Fresh Air
The Exile Of Charlie Chaplin

And there's only so much you can get by reading newspapers.

Fresh Air
The Exile Of Charlie Chaplin

And there's only so much you can get by reading newspapers.

Fresh Air
The Exile Of Charlie Chaplin

A workhouse was basically a state-run orphanage for children whose parents were either dead or rendered insane or institutionalized themselves or in jail. And they had no other adult supervision, so the state took them over. And Chaplin remembered it as a period not so much of thought. abuse as utter humiliation. He was there for about two years. His brother was also there for a while.

Fresh Air
The Exile Of Charlie Chaplin

A workhouse was basically a state-run orphanage for children whose parents were either dead or rendered insane or institutionalized themselves or in jail. And they had no other adult supervision, so the state took them over. And Chaplin remembered it as a period not so much of thought. abuse as utter humiliation. He was there for about two years. His brother was also there for a while.

Fresh Air
The Exile Of Charlie Chaplin

A workhouse was basically a state-run orphanage for children whose parents were either dead or rendered insane or institutionalized themselves or in jail. And they had no other adult supervision, so the state took them over. And Chaplin remembered it as a period not so much of thought. abuse as utter humiliation. He was there for about two years. His brother was also there for a while.

Fresh Air
The Exile Of Charlie Chaplin

Sidney was older by two years. And Sidney was very, very close with Charlie and vice versa. Chaplin allowed very few people in intimately. He was not a man who glad-handed. He was not a man who had a lot of people close to him. He kept himself for himself. And I think that was a function of his childhood.

Fresh Air
The Exile Of Charlie Chaplin

Sidney was older by two years. And Sidney was very, very close with Charlie and vice versa. Chaplin allowed very few people in intimately. He was not a man who glad-handed. He was not a man who had a lot of people close to him. He kept himself for himself. And I think that was a function of his childhood.

Fresh Air
The Exile Of Charlie Chaplin

Sidney was older by two years. And Sidney was very, very close with Charlie and vice versa. Chaplin allowed very few people in intimately. He was not a man who glad-handed. He was not a man who had a lot of people close to him. He kept himself for himself. And I think that was a function of his childhood.

Fresh Air
The Exile Of Charlie Chaplin

when he early learned the hard way that whatever society says it's going to do or pretends it's going to do, essentially you're on your own, especially in Victorian England with an alcoholic father who dies at the age of 37 and a mother who's insane and infected by syphilis.

Fresh Air
The Exile Of Charlie Chaplin

when he early learned the hard way that whatever society says it's going to do or pretends it's going to do, essentially you're on your own, especially in Victorian England with an alcoholic father who dies at the age of 37 and a mother who's insane and infected by syphilis.

Fresh Air
The Exile Of Charlie Chaplin

when he early learned the hard way that whatever society says it's going to do or pretends it's going to do, essentially you're on your own, especially in Victorian England with an alcoholic father who dies at the age of 37 and a mother who's insane and infected by syphilis.

Fresh Air
The Exile Of Charlie Chaplin

So he was very quickly responsible for his own, after childhood, he was responsible for his own recognizance, his own meals, his own roof over his head. And sometimes he had a roof over his head, other times he didn't. There were times when he lived on the streets.

Fresh Air
The Exile Of Charlie Chaplin

So he was very quickly responsible for his own, after childhood, he was responsible for his own recognizance, his own meals, his own roof over his head. And sometimes he had a roof over his head, other times he didn't. There were times when he lived on the streets.

Fresh Air
The Exile Of Charlie Chaplin

So he was very quickly responsible for his own, after childhood, he was responsible for his own recognizance, his own meals, his own roof over his head. And sometimes he had a roof over his head, other times he didn't. There were times when he lived on the streets.

Fresh Air
The Exile Of Charlie Chaplin

He came back to get his honorary Oscar in 1972. Oh, okay. On his terms. His films were being reissued all over America, all over the world. He signed a deal for his film library. And his films were being reissued, and they gave him an honorary Oscar to make up for the fact that in 1952, basically the entire movie industry had turned the other cheek and ignored...

Fresh Air
The Exile Of Charlie Chaplin

He came back to get his honorary Oscar in 1972. Oh, okay. On his terms. His films were being reissued all over America, all over the world. He signed a deal for his film library. And his films were being reissued, and they gave him an honorary Oscar to make up for the fact that in 1952, basically the entire movie industry had turned the other cheek and ignored...

Fresh Air
The Exile Of Charlie Chaplin

He came back to get his honorary Oscar in 1972. Oh, okay. On his terms. His films were being reissued all over America, all over the world. He signed a deal for his film library. And his films were being reissued, and they gave him an honorary Oscar to make up for the fact that in 1952, basically the entire movie industry had turned the other cheek and ignored...

Fresh Air
The Exile Of Charlie Chaplin

The fact that the most famous comedian in town had just been driven out of the country. When he got kicked out of the country, three people in Hollywood stood up publicly and said this was a terrible mistake. You know who they were?

Fresh Air
The Exile Of Charlie Chaplin

The fact that the most famous comedian in town had just been driven out of the country. When he got kicked out of the country, three people in Hollywood stood up publicly and said this was a terrible mistake. You know who they were?