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  • Charlie Chaplin vs. America

  • When Art, Sex, and Politics Collided
  • By: Scott Eyman
  • Narrated by: Phil Thron
  • Length: 13 hrs and 53 mins
  • 5.0 out of 5 stars (2 ratings)

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Charlie Chaplin vs. America

By: Scott Eyman
Narrated by: Phil Thron
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The “shocking” (The Wall Street Journal), must-listen story of Charlie Chaplin’s years of exile from the United States during the postwar Red Scare, and how it ruined his film career, from bestselling biographer Scott Eyman.

Bestselling Hollywood biographer and film historian Scott Eyman tells the story of Charlie Chaplin’s fall from grace. In the aftermath of World War II, Chaplin was criticized for being politically liberal and internationalist in outlook. He had never become a US citizen, something that would be held against him as xenophobia set in when the postwar Red Scare took hold.

Politics aside, Chaplin had another problem: his sexual interest in young women. He had been married three times and had had numerous affairs. In the 1940s, he was the subject of a paternity suit, which he lost, despite blood tests that proved he was not the father. His sexuality became a convenient way for those who opposed his politics to condemn him. Refused permission to return to the US after a trip abroad, he settled in Switzerland and made his last two films in London.

In Charlie Chaplin vs. America, Scott Eyman explores the life and times of the movie genius who brought us such masterpieces as City Lights and Modern Times. “One of the finest surveys of the man and the artist ever written” (Leonard Maltin) this book is “a sobering account of cancel culture in action.” (The Economist).

©2023 Scott Eyman (P)2023 Simon & Schuster Audio
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Relationship between America and Chaplin

An amazing and in-depth look at Chaplin’s political beliefs and how it impacted America’s relationship with the man and his little tramp character. Highly recommended if you want to learn more about Chaplin and what made him tick.

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