Charlie Chaplin The Forgotten Years

While silentfilm star Charlie Chaplin may have charmed American audiences with the onscreen antics of his lovable Tramp character the actors private life was marred by a series of public scandals that eventually pushed him into exile In addition to his penchant for much younger women Chaplin was unjustly hounded by Senator Joe McCarthys notorious antiCommunist witch hunts for which the US revoked his visa in 1952 A bitter and disenchanted Chaplin responded by moving his family to Switzerland where he remained until his death in 1977 This documentary chronicles Chaplins life and career during those socalled forgotten years during which he became a prolific and highly respected filmscore composer through previously unreleased archival footage and intimate interviews with his friends and family including his children Geraldine Michael and Eugene