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The End
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Charles Spencer Chaplin accepted
his Special Academy Award.
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Days later, he left Hollywood
and returned to Switzerland.
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In 1975 Charlie
became sir Charles Chaplin...
:58:35
...receiving his knighthood
from Queen Elizabeth in London.
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During a 54-years career, Charlie
made 81 films. Five were talkies...
:58:44
...67 where completed
before his 30th birthday.
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Charlie died, aged 88,
on Christmas Day 1977 at his home...
:58:53
...surrounded by Oona,
their children and grandchildren.
:58:57
Hannah Chaplin, Charlie's mother,
spent the last 7 years of her life...
:59:01
...in the house Charlie bought for her.
:59:08
Sydney Chaplin retired to France
and spent summers at Charlie's home...
:59:12
...in Switzerland.
He died on Charlie's 76th birthday.
:59:17
Fred Karno, who gave Charlie
his first job, went bankrupt in 1926.
:59:21
He died penniless 15 years later.
:59:26
Hetty Kelly, Charlie's first love,
married a politician and died at 25.
:59:29
She was the inspiration for many
of Charlie's screen heroines.
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George Hayden
is a fictional character.
:59:38
Charlie wrote "My Autobiography",
on which this film is partly based.
:59:44
Mack Sennett's reign as the king
of comedy ended with the talkies.
:59:48
He received a Special Oscar in 1937.
:59:54
Mabel Normand was involved
in a drug and sex scandal...
:59:58
...surrounding a murder in 1922.
She never acted again.