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Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, California, March 6, 1941.

„- - Speaking of Films“

      SHOP TALK – Charles Chaplin yesterday invited

newsmen to an interview. That‘s right, he talked about motion

pictures – and enthusiastically, as shown in these photos.

(...) Times photos, Los Angeles Times, March 6, 1941

„Some trouble in Mexico which was soon controlled“

Editorial content. „Chaplin Refuses to Talk

      About Paulette or Marriage

      Comedian Grants First Press Interview in Months;

      Plan to Show ,Dictator‘ to Nazi Prisoners Told

      Charles Spencer Chaplin, the comedian, yesterday granted

his first interview in months and months but the one

vital thing that the reporters wanted him to talk about – his

marital status with Paulette Goddard – he guardedly

brushed aside.

      The meeting was in the sun room of his estate

on Summit Drive in Beverly Hills, and Chaplin

summoned interviewers, apparently, for the express

purpose of talking about his current picture,

The Great Dictator, and concerning his future plans.

      AS TO PAULETTE

      Yes, he is going to make another picture and the locale

will be New York. It is improbable that his famous

tramp character will be seen. Chaplin intends, according

to his present plans, to play the role of a wealthy

man. He will dress in tails and the plot of the story will be

about refugees through the eyes of a frustrated

man who takes to drink.

      But about Miss Goddard and the oft-repeated rumors

that they have separated –

      ,That is something tat concerns me and my wife,‘

he declared, squirming in his seat as he was prodded with

questions.

      Chaplin takes the position that, despite his 27 years

in the public limelight, there is still something he

holds sacred and that is his private and personal affairs.

      He was asked why he had never revealed

where he and Miss Goddard, a screen star in her own right,

had been married and the time and the date.

      PERSONAL REASONS

      ,There are personal reasons . . . very, very personal

reasons why we don‘t want to say why, when and

where,‘ he commented. ,I believe that I have some rights

as an individual and that I can consider my private

life is my own.‘

      So far, he is considering Miss Goddard for a role in the

picture. He is going to New York next week

to establish the background for his new film which

he hopes to get into production as soon as

the summer season wanes.

      Chaplin has no idea of retirement and when that time

does come he admitted he wants to step out with

a smash hit.

      He is surprised that there has been little or no reaction

from pro-Nazis in this country about The Dictator.

      ,There have been some noticeable underhanded attempts

to attack me through my character,‘ he declared, ,but

I will not dignify any of these character assaults. There have

been no outward incidents in any theaters in this country

where my picture has played but there was, I am told, some

trouble in Mexico which was soon controlled.‘

      What Chaplin would like to do is to show The Dictator

to German prisoners of war interned in Canada

to get their reaction but whether he can do this, he said,

remains to be seen. He didn‘t take very heartily to a suggestion

that a print of his picture be sent to Hitler and Mussolini.“

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