Deleted scene from Modern Times Charlie tries to cross the street in this deleted scene from Modern Times.
Planting the Seeds for Verdoux Charlie was a lifelong admirer of what we now call “true crime” stories, as well as their real-life counterparts. Monsieur Verdoux simply allowed him to live out one of these stories on film...
Filming Modern Times Chaplin was acutely preoccupied with the social and economic problems of this new age. In 1931 and 1932 he had left Hollywood behind, to embark on an 18-month world tour. In Europe, he had been disturbed to see the rise of nationalism...
Extracts from the typescript of "Hollywood Chaplin" by Henry Gris, United Press staff correspondent on the set of Limelight, 1952
