Too bad they didn't have the Osars back then. Yes, I know that in the 1970's C.Chaplin snagged one, but Jackie probably should have gotten one too, For someone at that age to cry and stuff on cue... WOW. I sincerly hope he was just acting... It was kind of scary.
shareChaplin is the person most unjusticed person at the history of the oscar
they never gave him an award for direction neither acting
only a miserable award for the score of limelight (and even if twenty or something years after he made it, because it was only released in usa at this time, because back them, they were putting him out of the country - those bastards!!!!!)
I agree, the Academy wouldn't know good acting (Chaplin, Richard Burton) if it fell out of the sky.
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Don't forget the greatest two actors to never win the top award, Peter O'Toole and Cary Grant. Chaplin should have won for City Lights, both director and picture, in 1931. Of course, that year Peter Lorre made M, which he should have won best actor for. As for Peter O'Toole, he should have won in '62 for Laurence, '64 for Beckett, and '68 for The Lion in Winter. Cary Grant should have won for The Philadelphia Story in '40, when Stewart won. Meanwhile, although he shouldn't have won in '40, Stewart should have won for Mr. Smith in '39, It's a Wonderful Life in '46, Harvey in '50, and Vertigo in '58.
The Academy is constantly trying to make up for past mistakes and is reluctant to award any foreign film with an acting, directing, or picture award. I think it would be a good idea if they just went the way of the Golden Globes and had a category for Drama and Comedy. They should also extend the Foreign Film section to include best acting in Foreign Language films, and best directing in Foreign Language films.
Chaplin didn't just receive a "special award" Oscar late in life. He also received the very first Special Award in 1929, the very first year the Academy Awards were handed out. By that time, he was already such a known master, and a major force in Hollywood, that it was felt it would be unfair to the other participants to judge his work as if he were just another competitor.
People who think they know everything are very annoying to those of us who really do.
i'm guessing it's because it doesn't have enough votes, but why would a movie that's rated 8.1 not be on the top 250
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