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Menu There is no diplomatic solutionIsrael should declare three nos;
no to nuclear Iran, no to two-state solution, no to bi-national state
no to nuclear Iran, no to two-state solution, no to bi-national state
Edgar,
Check out on you tube a 3 part documentary series with greet out takes and good writing, narrated by actor James Mason, entitled:
“The Unknown Chaplin “.
As far as the most audacious cannon produced long after Chaplin’s Big Bertha in Great Dictator, read, ” The Tragic Tale of Saddam Hussein’s Supergun “.
The story of Canadian scientist, Gerald Bull’s “Big Babylon”.
I am certain you are familiar with the story, probablyobably.
My family member knew and worked with Chaplin on the stage. Admired Chaplin very much. Chaplin would show the actors how to do the parts by actually acting the roles himself. Can you imagine the pressure of following an act like that.The Circle Players was the company. Chaplin directed several plays featuring his son, Sydney.
One of the young student actors who came in to read for a part was Leonard Nimoy.
@ Wooly Mammoth:
I’ve seen ALL the Chaplin pictures some many times. Including Modern Times which I feel was his best. I like it the best anyway. The scene where he went out of his job still turning bolts and spotted that heavy woman in the dress with lots of white buttons on the front, was hilarious. Also the City Lights scene where he makes great preparation for a swim , only to dive into 6 inches of water …
I am not a lover of “pathos” ,so I concentrate on the truly humourous parts. and they are more than enough.
@ Wooly Mammoth:
Of course it was a prop, but Krupps built something like that for WW2 which was so heavy that it could only be moved on a railway. It weighed 240 tons. Phew.
Great film, but I could never understand how Chaplin was so silly as to have a Jew from the Ghetto make that speech-as the Dictator- using a quote from the Christian Bible, the Luke quote. Apart from being a Jew, how would he have known anything about it. Maybe this was a rare error that crept in unnoticed. Of course Chaplin didn’t know anything about the real points or beliefs of Jews. It would have been noticed anywhere, except in Hollywood, where the Jews were only Jews in name.
@ Edgar G.:
Smoking Cannon/Charlie Chaplin….oh….The Great Dictator was the name of the film. It was just a prop.
For one good Chaplin flick, try ‘Modern Times'(especially relevant to this story, as it’s subject revolves around the dangers of technology run amok.)
It was ahead of it’s time. One of his best along with City Lights.
If accurate, This is the answer to the most enormous “smoking cannon” that ever existed. Greater by far than the one in that Charlie Chaplin film……..