The Pregnancy That Got Charlie Chaplin Kicked Out of America

In 1944 the most famous man on earth went on trial. A young actress, Joan Barry, said Charlie Chaplin was the father of her baby. Three doctors tested the blood and agreed: he could not be. A jury said he was. The FBI had kept a file on him for twenty years, and in 1952, at sea on his way to London, he learned that America would not let him back in. This is the story of how America fell in love with Charlie Chaplin, and how it threw him out. From a London workhouse to the Tramp, United Artists and the best paid job in show business; teenage brides and the divorce pamphlet sold on street corners; The Great Dictator and the word "Comrades"; the Mann Act trial and Jerry Giesler; the blood test that cleared him and the court that ignored it; the revoked permit, the exile in Switzerland, and the twelve minute standing ovation when Hollywood finally asked him back. In this documentary: • The Tramp: Fred Karno, Keystone and Kid Auto Races at Venice • The Kid, The Gold Rush, City Lights and Modern Times • Mildred Harris, Lita Grey, Paulette Goddard • The Great Dictator, and the speech to camera • Joan Barry, Hedda Hopper and the Waldorf Astoria • J. Edgar Hoover's file, and the Mann Act indictment • Blood group B: the test that said he could not be the father • Two paternity trials, and an eleven to one verdict • Monsieur Verdoux, Limelight and the Queen Elizabeth, 1952 • Switzerland, the 1972 Oscar and Sir Charles • The law that changed in 1953 Chapters: 0:00 The Tramp On Trial 0:34 Part One · The Tramp 4:22 Part Two · The Wives 6:53 Part Three · Joan Barry 10:31 Part Four · The Government 13:58 Part Five · The Blood Test 18:29 Part Six · Exile 21:42 Part Seven · The Return Hollywood Retrospective tells the true stories behind old Hollywood's scandals, legends and forgotten lives, taken from the record and not the gossip. Subscribe for more true stories from old Hollywood. #CharlieChaplin #OldHollywood #HollywoodHistory