Charlie Chaplin's Limelight opened on October 23, 1952, launching what would become one of the strangest Oscar stories in Academy history. The film eventually became the only one for which Chaplin won ...

Charlie Chaplin was in great spirits during the production of his 1952 film “Limelight,” his first film since his poorly received 1947 dark comedy, “Monsieur Verdoux. “ “Limelight,” turned out to be ...

While winning two Honorary Oscars must have felt great, it had to have stung Charlie Chaplin that he only won a single competitive Oscar in his entire career. He was a notorious perfectionist who took ...