ive just fallen in love with charlie chaplin!

[brandy]

just saw this.. and always been a fan of his.. but it was the first time i heard his voice.. and wow what a speech!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rzrjg5T0cMc&NR=1

[canadagirl]

That was amazing, thanks for sharing Brandy.

[rob murray]

just saw this.. and always been a fan of his.. but it was the first time i heard his voice.. and wow what a speech!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rzrjg5T0cMc&NR=1

A great inspirational man, a multi millionaire who never lost his connection with the poor and vulnerable, a work house boy who within 12 years was dominating the world, "deported from the good ole USA" in 1952 because of his socialist stance, depite being one of the first to see though Hitler. mocking him in the film The Great Dictator lol lol. All his great silent movies involve the tramp putting one over the system and oppressors. His biography is fantastic. Truly a great man.

[cherokee]

An absolutely wonderful speech.....many lessons to be learned there by "our government"............

I (personally) think that many people/politicians etc. could learn so very much from this.....:roll:

[_Ju_]

ive just fallen in love with charlie chaplin!

just saw this.. and always been a fan of his.. but it was the first time i heard his voice.. and wow what a speech!

And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how he had most of his children after the age of fifty and had his last child at the age of seventy something!;)
All kidding aside, Charlie Chaplin was a great communicator.

[rob murray]

An absolutely wonderful speech.....many lessons to be learned there by "our government"............

I (personally) think that many people/politicians etc. could learn so very much from this.....:roll:

Yup, wonder he would have to say about the "we are all in it together spin so lets make the cuts painful"..Chaplins politics were formed by his experiences of absolute poverty and the indignity of the work house which never left him, basically he could see through the bullshit ideologies, seeing that some people delight in the misfortunes of others as long as they are safe and can lord it over the misfortuntate...the nasty side of human nature and still prevalent over 120 years since his birth !!!!

[pmcd]

"Genius" and "hero" are words lightly bandied about these days. Chaplin was both. Part of Hitler's downfall was directly due to Chaplin's piercing satire in "The Great Dictator". Laugh at evil - it can survive much, but not the hollow laughter of someone who sees through a dictator........

[ducati]

[QUOTE=pmcd;840866 Part of Hitler's downfall was directly due to Chaplin's piercing satire in "The Great Dictator". Laugh at evil - it can survive much, but not the hollow laughter of someone who sees through a dictator........[/QUOTE]

I think a million tons of bombs had more of an effect, along with the Red Army arriving enmass in Berlin.

[brandy]

ahh but an army needs hope and a reason to fight to succeed!

[Garnet]

He was a wonderfully talented man......way before his time, such a shame he'd to leave America, then only to be asked to return years later to a standing ovation, having belatetedly realised he was pretty much a genious. he is/was such a hystericaly funny man and his films such a treat. He also had a penchant for Scotland having spent the summer with all his family in the same House/hotel in Nairn year after year...........or so I'm told by one who knows!! And yes I agree with all you say Rob M, and thanks for that Brandy haven't seen that one, must get hold of that biography tho. G.

[Bazeye]

Preferred Laurel and Hardy myself.

[oldmarine]

Don't forget Bob Hope. He was British and enjoyed entertaining the troops.

[Kevin Milkins]

I liked Chaplin, but it was Harold Lloyed that had me on the edge of my seat with some of his stunts.