02226cam a2200313 i 4500 936665462 TxAuBib 20231108120000.0 230513s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2023020977 9781982176358 HRD 29.99 1982176350 HRD 29.99 TxAuBib rda Eyman, Scott, 1951-, author. Charlie Chaplin vs. America [BOOK] : when art, sex, and politics collided / Scott Eyman. Charlie Chaplin versus America. First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2023. 416 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Biographer and film historian Scott Eyman tells the story of Charlie Chaplin’s fall from grace. In the aftermath of World War Two, 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 from a trip abroad, he settled in Switzerland, and made his last two films in London In Charlie Chaplin vs. America, bestselling author Scott Eyman explores the life and times of the movie genius who brought us such masterpieces as City Lights and Modern Times. -Provided by publisher. 20231108. Chaplin, Charlie 1889-1977 Exile. Motion picture actors and actresses United States Biography. Comedians United States Biography.