A week or so after his visit with Chaplin, Mr. Churchill wrote to his wife Clementine:
"We made gt friends with Charlie Chaplin. You cd not help liking him. The boys were fascinated by him. He is a marvellous comedian - bolshy in politics - delightful in conversation. He acted his new film for us in a wonderful way. It is to be his gt attempt to prove that the silent drama or pantomime is superior to the new talkies. Certainly if pathos & wit still count for anything it is out to win an easy victory." (www.loc.gov)
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| Besides CC and Churchill, others in the footage include (L-R): Chaplin's studio manager Alf Reeves, Churchill's son, Randolph, Churchill's brother, John, his son, John, Jr., and Chaplin's friend, Ambassador Moore (note his photobomb at :54). |