Episode 1: An American Dream

Charlie Chaplin was one of Hollywood’s first and biggest stars and he helped create the art and industry of movies. But by the 1960s, he was exiled. Oona Chaplin follows her grandfather’s rise from the grinding poverty of his childhood in Victorian London to wealth and fame in Hollywood. In many ways it seemed like the embodiment of the American Dream. But almost as soon as he hit the big time Chaplin made some powerful enemies. Federal investigators were suspicious of his political beliefs and they began to build a file on him. We learn how Hollywood became the battleground for the soul of America.

Guest Interviews:
Geraldine Chaplin
Mitzi Trumbo


About Hollywood Exiles: Host Oona Chaplin guides listeners through the period known as the Red Scare - an ideological battle that implicated Hollywood’s biggest stars, including her grandfather, Charlie.

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