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charlie chaplin
Play about Chaplin’s ‘Great Dictator’ echoes politics of today
Tom Tugend
November 22, 2016
In the late summer of 1939, Europe’s statesmen and generals were worrying about whether and when Adolf Hitler would launch his military to start World War II.
Jews and Christians: Partners in early Hollywood
Jewish Journal
August 6, 2014
When, in 1920s Hollywood, as author and historian Neal Gabler has observed, Jews created “an empire of their own,” was there peace in filmland between Jews and Christians?
Charlie Chaplin’s funniest film to be accompanied by orchestra
Rick Schultz
June 4, 2014
Imagine being 23 years old and summoned to Hollywood by Charlie Chaplin to work on his 1936 comedy classic, “Modern Times” — then being fired by the legendary star/director/writer after a week and a half. And then rehired.
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