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Introducing Hollywood Exiles

Introducing Hollywood Exiles

FromHollywood Exiles


Introducing Hollywood Exiles

FromHollywood Exiles

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Length:
2 minutes
Released:
Jan 15, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

History remembers Charlie Chaplin as Hollywood’s first superstar. At the height of his career, the FBI considered him and other figures from the film industry something else: a threat to the United States. His granddaughter, Oona Chaplin, tells the story of how Hollywood became a battleground for the soul of America. Hollywood Exiles is a story of glamour, duplicity, and the US government’s decades-long campaign to root out communism in Tinseltown. Premieres 22 January 2024.From the BBC World Service and CBC Podcasts.
Released:
Jan 15, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (11)

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.