In ‘Charlie Chaplin vs. America: When Art, Sex, and Politics Collided,’ Scott Eyman tracks how a silent-film icon was driven into exile.
Scott Eyman’s new book, Charlie Chaplin vs. America, delves into the conflict that ultimately turned public opinion against Chaplin, and drove him into exile from the United States. In this excerpt, Eyman explores how accusations leveled against him by a 23-year-old actress named Joan Berry, who sued him for child support, claiming her child, Carol Ann, was also his daughter, were leveraged against him by the media and the government.
bank account was monitored . . . and there is no indication of contributions to the Communist Party.” Chaplin’s memberships were listed as being the Loyal Order of Moose, the Tuna Club of Catalina Island, the Screen Actors Guild, the California Yacht Club, the Los Angeles Athletic Club, the Santa Monica Swimming Club, and the Lambs Club in New York. Chaplin never joined the Directors Guild after it was formed in 1936, probably because he thought it was irrelevant as far as he was concerned.
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