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...From Marlene Dietrich and Charlie Chaplin to Steven Spielberg and Leonardo DiCaprio, the A-list has dined here....
...Chaplin had his last child, Christopher James Chaplin, in 1962, more than 40 years after his first one....
...Chaplin cavorts in costume through Mary Pickford’s and Douglas Fairbanks’ back yard; Caruso, swaddled in fur, meets his adorers in front of Carnegie Hall....
...and Douglas Fairbanks to pitch the liberty bonds....
...The action, in best “post-dramatic” fashion, is all but random, including in this case a stuffed tiger, Mr Punch in an auditorium box and a variant on Chaplin’s Great Dictator balloon-globe routine. ★★☆...
...Think of it: Caesar, Napoleon, Einstein, Hitler, Marilyn Monroe, Charlie Chaplin, Elvis, Andy Warhol, David Bowie (several times) . . . and sometimes it takes centuries for someone to make the final cut....
...Set up by Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, Charlie Chaplin and D.W. Griffith, United Artists aimed to bypass the rigid studio system and ensure artistic ownership in the motion-picture business....
...Chaplin....
...Together with Tom Cruise, Ms Wagner recently became a director and shareholder in United Artists, the studio that was founded in 1919 by Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and D.W....
...Griffith and Douglas Fairbanks Snr. “She wasn’t afraid to challenge the system and the status quo,” says Paula Wagner, UA’s current chief executive....
...In 1919, four of Hollywood’s biggest stars – Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin, D.W....
...“Tom and Paula are the modern versions of the iconic founders of United Artists - Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin and D. W....
...The radical Stone, whose father was a stockbroker, unwittingly fell in love with his own demon hero (played by Oscar-winning Michael Douglas)....
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