Book Review: ‘Charlie Chaplin vs. America’ By Scott Eyman

Charlie Chaplin had a rough childhood, but overcame thanks to his brother, and came to America and became a big star in Hollywood as an actor, and a filmmaker. He also had a torrid love live. Married a few times, had kids, affairs, and reportedly very varied sexual acts, and possibly with underage girls. Throughout WWI and WWII he made movies, but they seemed to be political in nature. The FBI had started a file on him many years earlier, but in 1952, when he left the country for his native England, to promote his new movie Limelight, he was denied access back into America, and never returned. This is the story of his life, his loves, his movies, and how America turned their back on him. It’s a fascinating, well-researched novel, that gives great insight into Chaplin. This is one you will not want to put down.

You can pick up Charlie Chaplin vs. America in stores on Tuesday, October 31st from Simon & Schuster.