VoyForums
[ Show ]
Support VoyForums
[ Shrink ]
VoyForums Announcement: Programming and providing support for this service has been a labor of love since 1997. We are one of the few services online who values our users' privacy, and have never sold your information. We have even fought hard to defend your privacy in legal cases; however, we've done it with almost no financial support -- paying out of pocket to continue providing the service. Due to the issues imposed on us by advertisers, we also stopped hosting most ads on the forums many years ago. We hope you appreciate our efforts.

Show your support by donating any amount. (Note: We are still technically a for-profit company, so your contribution is not tax-deductible.) PayPal Acct: Feedback:

Donate to VoyForums (PayPal):

Login ] [ Contact Forum Admin ] [ Main index ] [ Post a new message ] [ Search | Check update time | Archives: 1 ]


[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

Date Posted: 21:20:26 05/03/00 Wed
Author: Chris
Subject: Re: why charlie was banned...
In reply to: Laura 's message, "why charlie was banned..." on 23:07:49 04/30/00 Sun

> hi~
> i am doing a whole project on charlie but i dont kno
> why he was banned or outlawwed or whatever from the
> US!! if u kno the answer please reply back!!

He wasn't an American citizen, and when he left for Europe to go promote "Limelight," the Immigration Dept. canceled his re-entry permit. In other words, he wasn't allowed to come back in. He was told he could apply for a new permit, but it would have meant going through more interrogations from government officials about his politics, his morals, his sex life, and whatever else they might want to ask about. Chaplin had already gone through that for years. Now he was tired of it, he had a new family, his wife was pregnant, and he just said the hell with it, and settled down in Switzerland to live.

That's basically it! He wasn't BANNED exactly, but they wouldn't let him come home without jumping through a lot of hoops. He was happy living in Switzerland, but he did come back for a visit in 1972.

[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

Post a message:
This forum requires an account to post.
[ Create Account ]
[ Login ]
[ Contact Forum Admin ]


Forum timezone: GMT-5
VF Version: 3.00b, ConfDB:
Before posting please read our privacy policy.
VoyForums(tm) is a Free Service from Voyager Info-Systems.
Copyright © 1998-2019 Voyager Info-Systems. All Rights Reserved.