Interview with Charlie Chaplin from 1969

[@tommadane3550]

He made the entire world smile and laugh. The word “Legend “ is too small to describe him.

[@GREGWATSON-lc8cc]

He is Holly woods first Superstar. Legend. Genius

[@MOMO41837]

​@@GREGWATSON-lc8cc How 'bout pedophile? Is that a big enough word to describe him?

[@starkeystarkey1322]

Read about the man and find out what he was really like off the set.

[@tommadane3550]

@@starkeystarkey1322 how was he off the set ? Tell us

[@starkeystarkey1322]

@@tommadane3550 Don't get me wrong , you can't take the genius away , never but he had a dark past with relationships etc.

[@MoLtenMetaL7]

Beautiful how much people loved him and glued around him in all of his interviews.

[@DerekADempsey]

Like a beloved king. His humanism was, it seems, infectious.

[@stevenmcnicoll5060]

A lovely, frank interview with Sir Charles Chaplin. He is so relaxed and generous about himself and his collaborators here. Thank you for posting.

[@srikrishnarr6553]

extraordinary talent . Long live Chaplins fame

[@kaihachiya1582]

Nothing makes me feel happier than an interview like this learning the language that people in this footage speak. As a perennial learner of the English language, this keeps me highly motivated!

[@mj4ever1332]

All the best to you in your language Journey!

[@danielfreeley5217]

His English is a bit complicated for a non native I’d imagine. Fair play!

[@switch733]

Your grammar is better than most modern Americans these days. Please don't fall for the "Is you" type of uneducated grammar.

[@RichieRichMD]

@@switch733Indeed, and I concur 💯 oh, and other alterations such as “My bad” or instead of saying You are …”You was” and last but certainly not least “Bro! You ain’t”

[@kennorton1478]

what an extraordinary man. so serious and hardworking and yet brought joy and happiness to the world by his unparalleled genius and enterprise. RIP Chuck.

[@Emily-xr6ny]

and a pedophile

[@samanafshar8510]

he was a sadistic p*do

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

CHARLIE CHAPLIN AS HIMSELF WAS DEFINITELY A KING 👑 OF COMEDY MOVIES 🎥!😂😅

[@Brace67]

The greatness of Charlie Chaplin cannot be exaggerated. During his heyday his character of the little tramp was the most recognized figure on earth. His fame and popularity eclipsed presidents and kings. I’m not sure what movie he’s being interviewed about in this film clip since it wasn’t mentioned. His genius was unique. There will never be another Chaplin.

[@ReneeBraxton]

@@Brace67 Nor will there ever be another Valentino! 😊

[@WaterShowsProd]

I assumed he was talking about The Circus, as it's regarded as being the most difficult time he had while making a film, and he distanced himself from it afterward. I saw further down that someone else mentioned there was a re-release of The Circus in 1969, so it does seem very likely that was the film they were referring to.

[@dizzman5546]

people were so beautifully spoken a few generations ago. This is excellent to watch and listen to.

[@Coregame3]

they're just british 😅

[@Chaitanyaworld2692]

British people are so well mannered in speaking English ecstasy 🎉👌🤟

[@karenmccarthy578]

Remember him forever. A great man who rose from nothing with hardly anything but for his amazing strength of character and genius.

[@MikeJ2023]

He got kicked out of the us for being intimate with 14 year olds he was gross 🤮

[@karenmccarthy578]

You were there and know that for a fact. Girls threw themselves at him. He was rich and successful rather like your ex President Mr Trump. He was a brilliant man who liked young women. Married two of those young women. Gross was he? Grossly talented yes.

[@karenmccarthy578]

@@MikeJ2023 Read your history he was not allowed back in to the USA because that blackmailing pervert J Edgar Hoover hated him. Read about Hoover before you slag off Sir Charles Chaplin please.

[@JimmyLee-f1u]

Incredible that an uneducated man from an impoverished background, raised by a single mother in South London bedsits, became the most famous man on earth bringing laughter to millions during depressing times. His social skills were extraordinary, he could dine with Presidents and Royalty and befriended legends outside of his own field, like Churchill, Einstein, Dali, Gandhi and Randolph Hearst. There will never be another like him.

[@phily8093]

I've never heard him speak before. He looks so different here. I almost see him as a black and white cartoon, and not a real person, mired with tremendous controversy as his personal life was. I would have expected him to either sound more Americanised at this stage, or with hints of his apparent poor London background in his voice, but he sounds every bit the upper crust.

[@dante666jt]

The most awesome part of Chaplin was his humbleness.

[@impsire]

humility

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

​@@impsireABSOLUTELY RIGHT ABOUT CHARLIE CHAPLIN!😊

[@twillertorganprojects]

He also had a different site....

[@dante666jt]

@@twillertorganprojects I am sure

[@flyingfox8072]

The man who filled cheers in the minds of millions during the depression

[@stan4now]

And WW II.

[@servantprince]

lucky for him, some people prosper from suffering and war. Churchill would've been nothing without the painter

[@susannebass1883]

The Amazing Chaplin! ❤rip, never forgotten

[@GamingZoneReal]

😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢 I love Chaplin sir so much, 😢😢😢

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

We Love 😍 Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin RIP 1889-1977 LONG LIVES THE KING 👑 OF COMEDY MOVIES 🎥!😂😊🤗🤭

[@mistersquare7327]

Such a wonderful human being! Very good quality of the footage, thank you so much!

[@halfmoontrky]

So rare to see Chaplin talking about his work and further more, his associate Harry Crocker. His autobiography published 5 years earlier failed to address any of his working methods, with very little mention of any of his fellow actors and film associates. This clip, and I wish it was longer, discusses the re-release of The Circus in 1969. Chaplin composed the music and sang the song in the intro. It was a troubled time for Chaplin, and in this footage he almost disregards it, and struggles to talk about it, which is ironic as he is there to promote it! For those in the know he talks of the scene where he listens in on the private conversation. He looks so ill in that shot. I think that shot was followed directly by a cut sequence of him looking in the mirror with his hat and cane. (This can an be seen at the beginning of the Unknown Chaplin) The look on his face encapsulates and wraps up the entire production and personal issues he experienced in just a few seconds, and maybe Chaplin could see that pain too. The cutting room floor gained another gem. Despite all of that, it won him an honorary Academy Award...

[@nhma1117]

thank you for your explanation. I was wondering to what and to whom he was referring. There is a longer video from the Criterion Channel I think this may be part of, if you'd like to check there. you have to join to be a member to get access or use the free 7d trial. so blessed to have been alive during his lifetime tho I was just born then in 70s so unaware. I became aware of him from RDJs Chaplin biopic. My favorite Charlie is his speech from the Dictator. Masterpiece and ironic, sadly the more things change, the more they stay rhe same. Bravo to him amd we are blessed to continue to have his work to refer to! Watching Msr Vardoux tonite!

[@andymassingham]

The set burnt down, his marriage to Lita Grey ended and the ensuing tabloid scandal caused a nervous breakdown. Yes, one would think that The Circus would be a tough shoot. It’s amazing that it is almost impeccable despite these and other obstacles.

[@halfmoontrky]

I wrote that???

[@BillFerrero]

@@halfmoontrky apparently

[@halfmoontrky]

@@BillFerrero bill two days ago? Did I say something wrong?

[@ianbailey509]

I only found this today. Never having seen him questioned at length before, it felt as if I’d suddenly stumbled upon an interview with God. Amazing.

[@daviddelaney6757]

Yep, me too. What a gem of a video! 👏

[@bigbandsrock1]

A wonderful treat to see this!! Thank you!

[@pikeflowed]

Extraordinary footage, love to hear him speak and express himself. " A day without laughter is a day wasted " Charlie Chaplin. R.I.P. Mr Chaplin was serious about making people laugh, as all great artists are, passionate about their artform.

[@sailordude2094]

He's in a good mood, thanks for posting!

[@johnnytheyoungmaestro]

The closest possible thing to Charlie Chaplin and "The Tramp" that we have is Rowan Atkinson and "Mr. Bean". The silent comedy that Charlie Chaplin brought to the world is what makes him, quite possibly, the funniest man that's ever lived. That's how I see him. I've seen a few of his works, and I laughed quite a lot while watching him perform. We don't have comedy like it anymore, and it's incredible that he lived quite the long and interesting life. 88 years. He had a ton of guts to make fun of Adolf Hitler, but Charlie Chaplin was a daring individual. It's nice to see this interview, his social skills are really good. Rest easy, Sir Charlie Chaplin. Thank you for bringing such brilliant humor to the world. ❤️

[@BillO-od3bg]

Chaplin’s City Lights still leaves me breathless. He’s Mankind’s immortal handiwork.

[@westfield90]

What an incredible life he had. I wish I had been around in 1920’s Los Angeles. Must have been so beautiful with the sparse land, orange groves and growing Hollywood.

[@denkverlag1]

I don‘t know… everything was black-and-white

[@garyfrancis6193]

If you had you wouldn’t be writing this comment.

[@garyfrancis6193]

@@denkverlag1true

[@teawithmarmalade]

Hear, hear!

[@matthewg.rhodes]

The Los Angeles of one hundred years ago was better than today's L.A. and that was before the devastating fires.

[@ericswanson1860]

Wow what a fascinating man! I love Charlie Chaplin

[@andydixon2980]

Can't imagine the press being any near as respectful today. Great footage.

[@stevenmcnicoll5060]

You should see how appallingly the press treated him 22 years earlier at the Monsieur Verdoux press conference.

[@TerryTitus-w1s]

I had no idea he was still alive then.He performed so long before this interview but he's classic,his name will live on!

[@debasishchakrabarti4921]

Charles Spencer Chaplin = ever source of joy 👏🙏👌👍✌ (although his comment ' I walk in the rain so that, nobody can see my tears 😚) Lot of salutations🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@nnaammuuss]

This is truly amazing. Thank you.

[@edoedo8686]

...glib and young...time goes by so quickly. He knew the essence of life. He lived life fully, through his art.

[@CliffMcAulay]

The work he did to improve himself and the world around him is astounding. Thank you for presenting this fascinating clip.

[@Steve-nq8jc]

Working class yet speaks with such eloquence.

[@andyking6051]

Eloquence has never been purely the domain of the well educated . But the self educated .

[@retrothingz]

Sorry...that reads like the rantings of some stuck up English twerp who's preoccupied with the idiocy of Britain's archaic class system

[@nicholasdavies6264]

Looking close up you can still see that youthful legend in his eyes.He gave us so much enjoyment! My favourite? Easy Street 😂

[@stan4now]

Good video of this great man. The lack of context/questions with too many journalists mars this.

[@prantukumardas6454]

I am listening Charlie Chaplin for the First time and I think my life is complete here

[@WaterShowsProd]

You should see his talking films whch he made from 1940 onwards: The Great Dictator, Monsieur Verdoux, and his final Hollywood film Limelight. He made 2 more films after leaving Hollywood: A King In New York, and A Countess From Hong Kong, though he only plays a small role in the latter. The three Hollywood talkies he did are excellent.

[@matthewfrancemacias3519]

The quality of this footage is incredible, where did you get it?

[@Westyrulz]

Filmed in 1969 quality was very good by then and very easy to clean up if required. Audio sounds like it may have been remastered?

[@MiroPribanic]

believe it or not...I've known the films and sketches of this man for more than 50 years, I have read his autobiography...this is the first time I hear his voice...the Great Man.

[@punchline43]

Then you somehow managed to miss about six of his later films.

[@MiroPribanic]

@@punchline43 yes, I meant his voice in an authentic conversation outside a film setting.

[@punchline43]

@@MiroPribanic Oh ok, probably for me too.

[@DaleBaker-e3u]

I am stunned how well he looks here. Nice interview.

[@lxlx3458]

Thank you for sharing with us!

[@daviddelaney6757]

The one and only - legend is too small a word for him.

[@rhwinner]

Thanks. Hadn't come across this. The Circus is one of his funniest films IMHO, but he does look older than his years in it - I presume he was going through a hard time, like he says.

[@jamescc2010]

I love Charlie, the greatest, and really brilliant that touched our hearts.

[@RonMcKenzie-bw7iq]

Thank you for You Tube. We would never have seen this otherwise. And here is the thing about the great man. His films were silent films. But here we are actually finding out how the man actually sounds. What a revelation. And as a child growing up I could never imagine what he sounded like. And moreover we never even gave it a second's thought. This is amazing. So gentrified, articulate, intelligent and a man with natural humour full of life.

[@punchline43]

He did make some speaking films too.

[@steveoshow4832]

This is the man that brought New York to a standstill in the 1920s when he visited at the height of his fame. If you listen very carefully you can detect his early London accent layered underneath his mis Atlantic hybrid accent. One of the biggest stars of the 20th Century.

[@nicholasjanke3476]

Charlie Chaplin, Groucho and Zeppo Marx were amongst the last of the surviving old time slapstick stars at about this time. All three of them died in the 1970s.

[@ericswanson1860]

Charlie and Groucho both died in 1977 Groucho then Charlie

[@myself5812]

Well they couldn't survive more they were already in their 80s

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

​@@myself5812First George Burns and a few years later Bob Hope both lived to be 100 years old 🧓!

[@Ryan-on5on]

Don't forget Harold Lloyd, who died in 1971.

[@Ometecuhtli]

We also lost another artistic genius, a different field but probably equally as recognizable as Chaplin, in the 70s: Pablo Picasso

[@philipmason3218]

Showing my ignorance here. I thought he was American, this clip is an absolute treasure.

[@oliclay1348]

I thought he was too and I am English 😅

[@ReneeBraxton]

British Born

[@yamil.343]

Me too!

[@ChingChangWallah.]

Just wait till you find out about Stan Laurel :)

[@ReneeBraxton]

@@ChingChangWallah. Lol

[@jstonehouse]

For my grandmother, born in 1920, this gentleman was a celebrity. And given that I doubt she went to the cinema more than once every never, he must have had true fame/kudos.

[@michaelgibson4705]

I’m glad Chaplin was awarded a Knighthood by his country of birth in recognition of his life’s work befitting a self made genius

[@stephaniestanley8041]

Musical & elegant as he was. ❤

[@bagpuss998]

A Great English accent after all those years in the USA,

[@akkor6835]

Charlie no había dejado de trabajar, seguía componiendo música para sus películas previas al cine sonoro.

[@thetruthoutside8423]

He is right, he is not funny but very serious actor even if people think that he is funny. It is the powerful messages behind his ideas and movies.

[@beatlemay1332]

This was a bonus feature on the Circus Blu-ray release for the Criterion collection. This is why physical media still rules 😊

[@johnmcdyer1573]

Watched our Chaplin since I was a young child I was born in 1956 and fell about laughing at his films all in black and white tv fabulous

[@dizzman5546]

This footage is incredible.

[@atman5230]

3:15 "Like most simple things it's usually over the heads of people" ....an interesting sentence spoken by Mr Chaplin.

[@pearlmax]

I never knew he could speak.

[@johnconnolly3516]

😂

[@babs66]

Lol

[@veggigoddess]

😂😂😂😂

[@debasishchakrabarti4921]

😆 his silent movies are unique, peerless 👌👏

[@raymesquite]

Of course, there was The Great Dictator. He spoke a lot.😊

[@JimmyTimmy-wh8dz]

The most iconic actor in cinema history.

[@jeffryphillipsburns]

The term “iconic” has been banned for the next twenty years. Ignorance of the law is no excuse. I’m afraid I’m going to have to make a citizen’s arrest.

[@joe3009]

​@@jeffryphillipsburnsSays who?

[@WaterShowsProd]

I was in Myanmar five years ago and saw a snack that had an image of Charlie Chaplin on the packaging. I thought how amazing it is, more than 100 years after he became the biggest film star in the world, he is still one of the most recognised film stars around the world.

[@Altenholz]

Strangely, until 5 minutes ago I only knew him as most people knew him from the old movies. I wouldn't have imagined him like that in his old age - actually almost like you and me.

[@gohumberto]

From a background of poverty, Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel sailed, on the same ship, to America. Shortly after, they became two of the biggest stars in Hollywood history. Chaplin though was on a whole different level of fame and wealth through. It's difficult to think of a modern day example. Tom Cruise perhaps, although Cruise surely never had the same humble beginnings that 1890s Britain had to offer.

[@DavidGonyner]

I. Never heard him Talk He. Was. One of the funnest Comedians of all time .I. remember watching him cook a. Boot in I think a oven Looking. Four Gold In. Winter time..he made me laugh 😃 😊😊😊😊over over again 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@pyrojeff5360]

Incredible human being. So well spoken. The optics and sound in this video is amazing too.

[@jeffryphillipsburns]

It was made in 1969, not 1909.

[@pyrojeff5360]

@@jeffryphillipsburns you really had to share that eh

[@spb7883]

@@pyrojeff5360But he has a point, doesn’t he?

[@pyrojeff5360]

@spb7883 he does yes.. It may have been rendered and enhanced though. Still very great footage of the man

[@BillySBC]

What a thoughtful and interesting man he was.

[@TerribleCovers11]

Such a great man. A true artist.

[@VenosEvans]

OMG Charlie Chaplin and the painter with a moustache from Austria were the same age, Charlie is only 4 days older than him , unbelievable.

[@pompombuuum3182]

Yes, but Charlie was a little bit funnier then the other guy.

[@VenosEvans]

@@pompombuuum3182 of course Charlie is funnier than Adolf Hitler.

[@inthehouseindahouse3440]

Charlie was Hitler . You all got foooled​@@VenosEvans

[@giovannisposito9846]

Calling Chaplin a legend is quite an understatement! Cinema is him and will be for eternity

[@massimostanzione6406]

My father served him in the Savoy in the early 60s and said he was the consulate gentleman

[@punchline43]

Not sure if you mean the consummate gentleman or the consulate general lol.

[@sandraFernanda-vd4hm]

Bom Dia 💐. Esse e verdadeiro. Cineastra. Mudo que legal e sou Brasileira Já assisti. Os cinemas dele ator primeira vez que escuto ele falar mas não ⛔ entendo muito Inglês Charlie Chaplin Descansa em paz Gaviões Da Fiel Corinthiana Uau 😁🧡🕒

[@xballsport]

Incredible footage

[@shlomo8448]

Incredible human

[@annapeklof7884]

wish so they´ ld mentioned which of his films they are talking about. He mentions Oona Chaplin has seen it a thousand times. As a great fan of his - who isn´t?!- it would have been wonderful to know . Seen all of his great movies countless times - never tire of them - but especially never of Circus, it is like a ballet - incredible. And i believe it was n´t that successful when it premiered?

[@WaterShowsProd]

The Circus.

[@rcordeiro3414]

The guy was extremely brilliant

[@feelxmusic]

Extraordinarily brilliant...

[@davy_K]

Those feature films he made are magnificent works of art. City Lights is my choice as his greatest and it stands among the greats still.

[@MissDeannaAR]

I agree! The sweetest film ever made!

[@hywelmurray]

That’s a lovely interview

[@janburgers5832]

Wonderful little document

[@yamil.343]

“A day without laughter is a day wasted..”

[@HongNguyen70vn]

LOVE grandfather for ever

[@carlosgomes2783]

I love his accent - a far cry from being a "Sarf Lahndon" street kid.

[@jonokerr5094]

On an off note, these cameras are incredible quality, sharp and smooth! Only black and white

[@billi_zahm_SC]

He was a hard working men and a great actor.... RIP Charly

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

RIP 1889-1977 LONG LIVES THE KING 👑 OF COMEDY😂😅 MOVIES 🎥 CHARLIE CHAPLIN!😊

[@ritahorvath8207]

I guess he was a wonderful father , too . . . .

[@hobowithawaterpistol9070]

I was never a fan of his movies, but I think he’s an amazing and talented person!

[@jimcarson2977]

if you cannot like his movies then something is truly wrong with you and you definitely need mental help ...

[@owengreene382]

Chaplin gave so much to world of comedy, that few Artists will never a get close to his talent. He's on replaceable. God bless his soul I hope he's in heaven making everyone laugh, where he belongs.

[@peppercat8718]

Chaplins movies are so funny 🤣

[@br5448]

it was all downhill after him

[@Dario_Salvi]

there will never be a cinema genius like him anymore.

[@br5448]

@@Dario_Salvi yes. I can't watch anything anymore.

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

​@@br5448SO TRUE!😢

[@scotisland]

Great to see this.

[@jadenkarim5367]

Please upscale more footage like these ones, maybe from British Pathe, they got many old videos in very low resolutions.

[@johnmachter40]

I dont think its upscaled but rescanned from film.

[@jadenkarim5367]

@@johnmachter40 yes probably you are right, but now that we have AI so advance, it probably have better solution to upscale as it remastered from raw footage.

[@jadenkarim5367]

@@johnmachter40 i am curious about this remastering old VHS to 4K machine system, any idea what brand make these? i am interested to invest in this biz.

[@schinaro]

What a gentleman

[@IoannaPetroula-ok1on]

One of my heroes ❤❤❤❤

[@christianschuster4184]

It looks like a 16mm original analog film footage which was I think by the Chaplin foundation in Switzerland transferred into a full frame 3:4 ration telecined video material ... no restoration is needed by this quality of 16mm from 1969 ! Antworten

[@esigns8531]

Great sound quality of a Legend

[@MicheleHuffman-d8c]

He would have been fascinating to meet and talk to him. He really was a sweet man.

[@marinawalker5745]

If only we could travel back in time. 😢

[@BadChizzle]

✨Yes yes… Love you Charlie! Thank you!! ✨

[@jrg121]

He is legends of legends

[@jalilbazyar5501]

Seriously funny, and funny seriously!! Great man!

[@JohnMcPhersonStrutt]

One of the more remarkable things about Charlie Chaplin is that he was kidnapped and held for ransome, after he was dead.

[@georgeflorea9776]

CHARLIE CHAPLIN IS THE KING OF ART CINEMATOGRAPHY AND COMEDY IN ENTIRE WORLD HISTORY . R.I.P MASTER OF MOVIE COMEDY SIR CHARLES SPENCER (CHAPLIN).

[@JohnSmith-hq6fl]

He seems so humble and nice, pleasant chap.

[@VickySwindoll]

Robert Downey Jr portrayed Charley in a movie years ago. He was fabulous!

[@SalvatoriusMyspace]

32 years ago

[@ReneeBraxton]

I agree and he deserved the Oscar that year. I wish someone would do another biopic on the great Valentino!

[@jimgz]

Worst actor ever downey

[@junerobertson4389]

Brilliant, fun. raw talent, unique and wonderful. He WAS Hollywood.

[@kevincrashkelly]

This interview about the time Petula Clark had a hit singing a Chaplin song. " I care not what the world may say....Without your love there is no day "......Of course, " Smile through the pain and sorrow. Smile and maybe tomorrow. You'll see the sun coming shining through, if you just Smile "....Please add songwriter to Director, Producer, Writer, Dramatic Actor, Comedy Actor.

[@mariyanantony6554]

He does humor in serious condition and mood.

[@queenslander954]

Charlie had more Chins than #45 , but what a brain behind them. 👊