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I spotted that too. And I didn't spot him.
Nick
According to IDMB Charlie Chaplin makes a short, uncredited appearance in the Michael Redgrave film "The Stars Look Down" at approx 3 minutes into the film. I have searched from 1 minute in to 10 minutes and cannot see him anywhere. Does anyone know the scene he appears in and any clues to his "part". If, indeed he appears at all..
I spotted that too. And I didn't spot him.
Nick
Was he in England at the time? This was when he was living in the United States.
I suspect this is thought to be he .... but looks a bit to young for 1940 (he'd be 51 years old)?
at 3:02 in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncBzEkWMJ4U
or 3:42 in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHR15oml5Ls
Last edited by Nick Dando; 12-12-13 at 02:11 PM.
That's Emlyn Williams as the rather despicable Joe Gowlan.
Nick
After running through the film AGAIN, doing some web research I am now inclined to believe that CC did not appear in the film. I suspect that the IMDB contributer mistook Emlyn Wiliams....Originally Posted by Nick Dando
Why does the fellow on the right look like he's pressed up against a window….
Agree wholeheartedly. EW had a late acting role on the BBC and looked like CC in old age.
Coal dust makeup and a broken nose.
Nick
is it really??
i need to see "The Stars Look Down" again to actually recognize him
i saw one picture of him and i must he is really one of the most handsome man i saw.
Chaplin was so overrated..
Give me Harold Lloyd anytime.
As a major Lloyd fan I have to disagree.
Chaplin was a sensation on the stage (in Vaudeville) before he ever conquered the world of silent comedy.
Apart from Laurel and Hardy, Chaplin was the only silent comedy act to taste success well into the sound era of the movies.
With the exception of the excellent "Movie Crazy", Lloyd's career effectively ended with the silent era.
Although Chaplin never really fully embraced sound (with the exception of "The Great Dictator") the fact that he was still able to single-handedly find an audience for his essentially silent comedy well into the sound era was a testament to his massive popularity.
He also wrote, directed , produced, scored and starred in his most successful feature length films - a staggering achievement unequalled today.
As more modern audiences rediscovered Harold Lloyd and Buster Keaton Chaplin's reputation suffered by comparison.
However, if you watch him in action in "The Immigrant"or "The Adventurer" his timing and sublime art are still a joy to behold.
Chaplin returned to England in 1952 for the first time in 21 years so he wouldn't have been here when this film being made.
Perhaps he's trying to spot Charlie Chaplin? ;-))
Charlie Chaplin's Los Angeles: a black and white odyssey - http://www.theguardian.com/travel/20...in-los-angeles
This is the only movie I could find that has a genuine uncredited Chaplin appearance in a movie he did not direct.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0019379/...=tt_cl_sm#cast
Did you know I sat through that Richard Attenborough biopic and I felt as though as I knew as little about Chaplin as I did when I started watching that very, very long movie.
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