Scott Detrow

Extremely successful. Extremely successful. Limelight was a huge hit in Europe. Actually, it made more money than any other Chaplin film in terms of European grosses. But a lot of places in America never saw it because the American Legion would show up and picket it. and tell people going in that they were being un-American by going to see an un-American picture by an un-American artist.

It's a love story, basically, about the theater. There's no political orientation to it whatsoever. But they were a... Lime Light was. A limelight was a completely apolitical picture. But they were still reacting to the great dictator. They were still reacting to modern times and the idea of modern times being anti-capitalist.

It's a love story, basically, about the theater. There's no political orientation to it whatsoever. But they were a... Lime Light was. A limelight was a completely apolitical picture. But they were still reacting to the great dictator. They were still reacting to modern times and the idea of modern times being anti-capitalist.

It's a love story, basically, about the theater. There's no political orientation to it whatsoever. But they were a... Lime Light was. A limelight was a completely apolitical picture. But they were still reacting to the great dictator. They were still reacting to modern times and the idea of modern times being anti-capitalist.

I don't know if you remember modern times, but it opens with the factory workers flooding into the factory in the morning and the production line getting going and the assembly line moving faster and faster and everybody trying to keep up. And then we cut to the president of the corporation who's working a jigsaw puzzle at his desk. That's as close to a criticism of capitalism as it went.

I don't know if you remember modern times, but it opens with the factory workers flooding into the factory in the morning and the production line getting going and the assembly line moving faster and faster and everybody trying to keep up. And then we cut to the president of the corporation who's working a jigsaw puzzle at his desk. That's as close to a criticism of capitalism as it went.

I don't know if you remember modern times, but it opens with the factory workers flooding into the factory in the morning and the production line getting going and the assembly line moving faster and faster and everybody trying to keep up. And then we cut to the president of the corporation who's working a jigsaw puzzle at his desk. That's as close to a criticism of capitalism as it went.

But that was Chaplin's worldview. He didn't see society at large as evil or as vampirish. He saw it as indifferent. He didn't think society at large had a limited interest in the life of the underclass. And it wasn't a character flaw. It wasn't based on money. It was just based on human nature.

But that was Chaplin's worldview. He didn't see society at large as evil or as vampirish. He saw it as indifferent. He didn't think society at large had a limited interest in the life of the underclass. And it wasn't a character flaw. It wasn't based on money. It was just based on human nature.

But that was Chaplin's worldview. He didn't see society at large as evil or as vampirish. He saw it as indifferent. He didn't think society at large had a limited interest in the life of the underclass. And it wasn't a character flaw. It wasn't based on money. It was just based on human nature.

True. Absolutely true. And so he had them pulled from release in America.

True. Absolutely true. And so he had them pulled from release in America.

True. Absolutely true. And so he had them pulled from release in America.

Until 1964. Wow. So it was 12 years. Chaplin Films didn't play in America until 1964. And when they did, it was because he had written his memoir and it was coming out in about a year later. and they decided to see if the temperature had cooled. So they booked a season of Chaplin films in New York and it turned into the great event of 1964.

Until 1964. Wow. So it was 12 years. Chaplin Films didn't play in America until 1964. And when they did, it was because he had written his memoir and it was coming out in about a year later. and they decided to see if the temperature had cooled. So they booked a season of Chaplin films in New York and it turned into the great event of 1964.

Until 1964. Wow. So it was 12 years. Chaplin Films didn't play in America until 1964. And when they did, it was because he had written his memoir and it was coming out in about a year later. and they decided to see if the temperature had cooled. So they booked a season of Chaplin films in New York and it turned into the great event of 1964.

It played for nine, 10 months, all the films in repertory. And as it turned out, the memoir was a huge bestseller as well. So his enemies had died or gone to earth or simply a new generation had taken over and decided that Whatever had happened in 1939 and 1942 and 1945 had no relevance in the 60s.

It played for nine, 10 months, all the films in repertory. And as it turned out, the memoir was a huge bestseller as well. So his enemies had died or gone to earth or simply a new generation had taken over and decided that Whatever had happened in 1939 and 1942 and 1945 had no relevance in the 60s.

It played for nine, 10 months, all the films in repertory. And as it turned out, the memoir was a huge bestseller as well. So his enemies had died or gone to earth or simply a new generation had taken over and decided that Whatever had happened in 1939 and 1942 and 1945 had no relevance in the 60s.

The two films he made after he moved to Switzerland are grossly inferior to the films he'd made amongst all the tumult and controversy in Hollywood in the 30s, 40s, and even into limelight in 1952. Was Switzerland responsible or was age catching up with him? He wasn't that old. He was 63 when he got kicked out of the country.