Chaplin Page #6

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the ideal state to be a model...

...for backward systems.

Do you know him?

I have that good fortune, yes.

And you have my word.

We only desire to defend our

historical frontiers. That's paramount.

Told you. Paramount.

It's not funny.

He merely wants to improve

the situation for the German people.

How can they let these fascist thugs...

To cut out the profit speculator.

The Jew.

Mr. Chaplin!

I am a great admirer of yours.

I'm sorry.

I don't shake hands with nazis.

What have you got against us?

What have you got

against everyone else?

You must forgive Mr. Chaplin.

He's a Jew.

So!

I'm afraid I don't have that honor.

Shame on you!

The former Miss Levy.

Shall we, my dear?

God bless you, Charlie.

I'll call you.

Yes. Please do.

A fine international incident

you caused!

Let's go out.

Not tonight, old darling.

I'm a bit tired.

It's funny, you look a lot like him.

Adolf, I mean.

With your moustache on.

I think he stole your act.

'Night, old boy.

'Night.

Sweet prince.

So much ended around then.

I'd been there 25 years.

Everyone else had gone over to sound.

I don't know

if I could resist it much longer.

Of course, U.A. was over for me.

United Artists.

You haven't written anything

about how that began.

I'll put something in.

It was a great idea, I think.

Creative people had their say

for the first time.

No milk.

A distributor said, "The Lunatics

have taken over the asylum".

That became quite a famous remark.

But U.A. did mean a lot to Doug.

When my mother died, it was sad.

But she was old, she'd had her run.

It was different with Doug.

Even today, I still miss him.

Tell me, when did you start

"The Great Dictator"?

And everyone thought you were crazy.

But when the war broke out

you became a genius.

Not to those

who thought I was a communist.

Commen fr der hair-dryen!

Und lager beer mit pizza parliament!

Big smile!

I know you. You bastard.

Syd? Is that you?

What's wrong? You wanted to make me

a talkie. Now I'm making a talkie.

Yeah, but not this.

I know this man.

I'm born the same year

four days apart.

He's like me, capable of anything.

Nobody wants to see a film...

...about Adolf f***ing Hitler!

I do!

You're missing the point.

It's not about Hitler

it's about the Tramp.

The little Jewish barber

taking his place.

What's happening in Europe

is not our problem.

Ninety percent of the Americans

want to stay out of the war.

That's nine out of ten!

It's not your business.

You're a comic.

Yes, Syd. And you're a Jew.

Nevertheless, I've got to give it a try.

Otherwise, what have I been doing

all these years?

I know talking

will be the end of the Tramp.

But at least he'll say something

I believe in.

Okay. We'll see how it goes.

"The Great Dictator"

Scene y-11-a, take one.

I'm sorry, but I'm not an emperor.

I don't want to rule or conquer anyone.

I'd like to help everyone, if possible.

Jew, gentile, black man, white.

We all want to help one another.

People are like that.

We want to live by each other's

happiness, not misery.

Greed has poisoned men's souls

and barricaded the world with hate.

It's goose-stepped us

into misery and bloodshed.

Do not despair.

The hate of men will pass

and dictators die.

He's not talking about Germany...

He's talking about America.

Turn that damn thing down!

This is what we need

to make people understand.

Mr. Seeley

you're looking a little pale.

You need a trip to California.

Comrades!

Let us fight for a new world.

Commie bastard!

Soldiers! In the name of democracy

let us unite!

What brings you here?

My firm is getting into movies.

But I really don't know

much about it.

Congratulations on the London opening.

Tea is on it's way, sir.

Lovely afternoon, Charlie.

Women drop handkerchiefs.

Men must drop other things.

"Upper regional domes

immensely expensive."

That's how you describe Joan Barry.

She was very well-endowed

is that what you mean?

You expect people to believe

it wasn't just sex?

Well, I didn't have to put a girl

under contract to sleep with her.

I spent thousands on her.

I wrote a screen-play for her.

I don't care what the readers think.

Joan definitely had talent.

She was intelligent. She was pretty.

She was willing to work hard.

And the screen test proved

that she was very photogenic.

But she became erratic.

For some reason she began

to have some kind of breakdown.

She took to driving to my house

drunk, in the middle of the night.

She was arrested. Made a scene.

I refused to have anything further

to do with her.

How could you have been so foolish?

You took up with a crazy girl...

A promiscuous, vengeful liar.

And for the first time

you didn't propose marriage.

Hoover had kept tabs on you

for 20 years.

And he still couldn't nail you until...

...you played it right into his hands

by shutting Joan out.

You're improving.

Can't you find someone else

to play with?

Apparently not. Not anymore.

Who's that?

The debutante.

You're doing a favor for her agent.

Not another one who wants to act.

It's endless.

This is the last time.

They think it's so easy. I bet as

a child, she wanted to be a fireman.

In half an hour, say I have an

appointment. Someone important.

Leave it to me.

Mr. Chaplin?

I'm Oona O'Neill.

If I'm interrupting your game

I can always come back...

No. No.

I was waiting for you.

I always have tea at 4:00.

How long have you been here?

Just this summer.

My agent got me

a screen test at Fox.

Will they give you a contract?

I don't know.

Will you tell me?

Yes, if you want me to.

Charlie!

Excuse me.

It's nearly time for your appointment.

Appointment?

Who's it with?

Uh, Fred.

Fred.

Not Astaire again.

That's right.

And Ginger?

Could be.

I'm sick of them.

I'm not teaching them any more.

Let them make it on their own.

Right.

Sorry. I asked him to interrupt

in case I was...

I mean, in case you were...

I've never been to England.

All proceeds from tonight's world

premiere...

...will benefit families of American

soldiers serving overseas.

George, I've written this for the end.

For the last 20 years

I have known happiness.

I wish I could write more about this.

But, it involves love.

Perfect love is the most beautiful

of all frustrations.

Because it is more

than one can express.

Excuse me, sir.

Sorry for the intrusion.

It's all right. Come in.

What is it?

I just took a call from Miss Barry, sir.

She wanted me to tell you

that she's pregnant.

Where's Charles?

With Harry.

He may be on the stage by now.

Is Charles down there?

She'll drop the paternity suit.

Her lawyers said she'll settle.

No. What? Just listen.

She'll take $150000. That's

nothing, compared to a trial.

She says you did it at Christmas

when she came to your house.

I've never made you a deal

this good, kid.

It was over before Christmas.

It's not my child.

It'll be out of the way.

I can't do that. I've got Oona to think of.

I must prove my innocence.

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