Question
Was Chaplin actually in this film or was he just the director/writer
shareChaplin only makes a cameo appearance in the film. If you look at the cast list, you'll see he was only listed as "An Old Steward".
We see him twice: First he visits Brando's room and tells him to close the window and later he visits again and just looks seasick and leaves.
sharethat's right. And once Chaplin's last scene ends, shut the film off. I love Chaplin and his work, and I know that he was almost 80 during the filming of this movie, but this was a total disappointment. I'm punching myself for saying this.
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I think it's rather unfair to dismiss Chaplin as overrated on the basis of his very weakest film. It would be important to consider his numerous contributions to screen comedy and the cinema in general in the previous five decades, before judging him solely on the basis of one single film. The comedies he made for Mutual, First National and United Artists stand up very well, often better than most films of their time.
Just out of curiosity, which other Chaplin films have you seen that made you come to the conclusion he is overrated?
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this may not have been Chaplin's best film but it was a great effort. After all, he not only wrote and directed it but also wrote the score. At his age! The movie isn't bad, I think. A previous post mentions the lack of chemistry between Brando and Loren; she didn't like him, probably because he wouldn't let her have top billing, even in her home country of Italy. Also because, when he went to kiss her in a scene, he told her she had a long hair in her nose. Then he kissed her so hard he cut her lip.
"You think I was telling you the truth? Maybe...maybe."
We see him twice: First he visits Brando's room and tells him to close the window and later he visits again and just looks seasick and leaves.
I was aslo thinking it was him.
I like this comedy, did not know that here its average rating is only 5.8 :-(.