Chaplin my autobiography

“It was strange to listen to slick young Nazis along Fifth Avenue haranguing small gatherings from little mahogany pulpits. One spiel went as follows: "The philosophy of Hitler is a profound and thoughtful study of this industrial age, in which there is little room for the middleman or Jew."

A woman interrupted. "What kind of talk is that!" she exclaimed. "This is America. Where do you think you are?"

The young man, an obsequious, good-looking type, smiled blandly. "I'm in the United States and I happen to be an American citizen," he said smoothly.

"Well," she said, "I'm an American citizen, and a Jew, and if I were a man I'd knock your block off!"

One or two endorsed the lady's threat, but most of them stood apathetically silent. A policeman standing by quieted the woman. I came away astonished, hardly believing my ears.”
&#; Charlie Chaplin, My Autobiography

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The recent release of Salinger draws attention to a historical figure not widely associated with the eponymous author: Charlie Chaplin.

The filmadvances the theory that the author never fully recovered from the heartbreak of having Oona O&#;Neill (daughter of playwright Eugene O&#;Neill) choose Chaplin over him. The following text is excerpted from a review  that was first published in Films in Review magazine in December, Highlights from the Salinger Q&A can be found here.

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Chaplin&#;s Autobiography: Is Disappointing and Defective As Film History And Mediocre As Literature
By Jack Spears

It is noteworthy that My Autobiography is by Charles, not Charlie Chaplin.

Although Mr. Chaplin is currently a different person from the Charlie who first made movie audiences laugh and cry half a century ago, he is still unable to tell the truth about his parents and childhood, and about his strange ambivalence toward Communism.

&#;The Chaplin who comes through in these pages seems to me a cold and essentially self-centered man&#;

My Autobiography has to be read by all who are interested in the movies, but it is far from the contribution to film history it should have been, or that Chaplin could have made it had he so desired. And it is not likely to be read rewar