Microw@lemm.ee to Anniversaries: X years ago today@feddit.nlEnglish · 1 month agoOn this day, 15 Oct 1940 Charlie Chaplin's first talkie The Great Dictator debuted in New York (while the US was still formally at peace with Nazi Germany).files.mastodon.socialimagemessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up149arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up149arrow-down1imageOn this day, 15 Oct 1940 Charlie Chaplin's first talkie The Great Dictator debuted in New York (while the US was still formally at peace with Nazi Germany).files.mastodon.socialMicrow@lemm.ee to Anniversaries: X years ago today@feddit.nlEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square10fedilinkfile-text
The antifascist film ends with this impassioned speech to the audience opposing all forms of oppression.
minus-squaretrollercoaster@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoFun fact: Chaplin had to finance the film himself, because nobody in the US film industry wanted to fund it in order to not anger the Nazis and potentially lose the lucrative German market.
Fun fact: Chaplin had to finance the film himself, because nobody in the US film industry wanted to fund it in order to not anger the Nazis and potentially lose the lucrative German market.