The Greatest Speech ever made

[ART]

Absolutely amazing. I was completely overcome listening to the words made by Chaplin in the late 1930's. Few will realise that Charlie Chaplin gave the GREATEST SPEECH EVER MADE. A true vision of our lives, society, humanity

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pK2WJd5bXFg&sns=tw

[hypochondriac]

And here was I thinking this would be about Martin Luther King.

[Sheaf Saint]

I've heard this before, though it was dubbed over a video montage of images of war and suffering. It's as pertinent today as it was in the 1930s, if not more so.

 

Does anybody know what film this is from?

[hypochondriac]

I've heard this before, though it was dubbed over a video montage of images of war and suffering. It's as pertinent today as it was in the 1930s, if not more so.

 

Does anybody know what film this is from?

 

The great dictator?

[Sheaf Saint]

For some reason it reminds me of this...

 

[EastleighSoulBoy]

For some reason it reminds me of this...

 

 

Murdoch anybody?

[CHAPEL END CHARLIE]

A top bit of flanneling this:

 

[pap]

I had never seen this before. Thanks.

[Hamilton Saint]

The great dictator?

 

Yes, The Great Dictator (1940) - Chaplin's first full 'talkie'.

 

Here's another classic scene from that film:

 

[Sheaf Saint]

Murdoch anybody?

 

Indeed. This film was made in 1976, and it is even more relevant today than it was then.

[View From The Top]

Never seen the Chaplin one. Very good.

Edited 28 August, 2013 by View From The Top

[alpine_saint]

Never knew he could talk. Never said a word in all his films.

[Whitey Grandad]

Never knew he could talk. Never said a word in all his films.

 

Also wrote a couple of famous songs. 'Smile' was a hit for Nat King Cole and 'This is my Song' by Petula Clark was #1 in the UK in 1967.

[Hamilton Saint]

Also wrote a couple of famous songs. 'Smile' was a hit for Nat King Cole and 'This is my Song' by Petula Clark was #1 in the UK in 1967.

 

He was a very accomplished musician. When audio technology became available for films, he started composing synchronized soundtracks for all of his own features - beginning with City Lights in 1931. And in the late 50s he re-scored his own soundtracks for all of his early silent films.

[alpine_saint]

FWIW, the first part of that speech is very moving, but when he really gets going it rapidly becomes OTT and repetitive, imo.

[sotonjoe]

FWIW, the first part of that speech is very moving, but when he really gets going it rapidly becomes OTT and repetitive, imo.

 

Ott and repetitive? Seeing as you're the master of those two qualities, I'll be sure to take your word of it!

 

Or perhaps you are just trolling and looking for a reaction as usual?

[jjsaint]

Better than the end of Team America: World Police? Ho ho ho. I think not.

[oldskoolsi]

At the time I'm sure it was effective and certainly well intentioned. However it's Chaplin at his sentimental worst. For me, once he started talking and stopped being the little tramp, he lost his magic. His early shorts and his films up to City Lights are far better.

 

Also it's hard to be moved by a speech by someone who, was a he alive today would probably be sharing a prison cell with Stuart Hall.