Word: chaplins
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...scarlet gown, upstaging his seven fellow honorary degree winners, including U.S. Secretary of State Dean Rusk. But only after he had been handed his Doctor of Letters degree for having given "the greatest pleasure to so many people for so many years'' did British-born Comedian Charlie Chaplin, 73, relax in a toothy grin. "I would have needed a heart of cast iron not to be moved," said he. An exile from the U.S. since 1952 and long a champion of leftist causes, Chaplin chatted amiably with Rusk, but no photographer recorded the event. "The word was," said...
...Chaplin collects abstract expressionist paintings, but spoofs himself to visitors by explaining: "That's the horrible taste of Charlie Chaplin." Unable to resist his old-master impulse, he mimics everyone who crosses his threshold. When the traveling circus makes its yearly visit to his village, Chaplin takes all the children and reverts to nostalgia: he prances about like his old rubbery-legged self, apes the clowns, and offers them professional advice as well. On these days, light-years shine out of his eyes. At home, like the average American husband, he loves to cook delicious steaks on an outdoor...
...Loaded." One of the first movie actors to make a million dollars, Chaplin is more than ever a rich man. "He's loaded," says his son Sydney appraisingly...
Will Charlie Chaplin ever return to America? He once told a friend: "I would like to go back to show the country to the children." But even if he could renew his visitor's permit (which he turned in nine years ago when the Justice Department threatened an investigation), he would do better to stay where he is, says his son Sydney, adding: "What would he do? Go on the Ed Sullivan Show...
...Chaplin has two additional sons by his second marriage-both actors. Charles Jr., 36, was married last month to Marta Brown, a nurse. Sydney, also 36, and nine months two days younger than Charles Jr., is married to French Dancer Noelle Adam. Although they seldom saw their father until they were adults, both Sydney and Charles Jr. are genuinely fond of him, and make trips to Europe...