Quebec from the boat looked like the ramparts where Hamlet's ghost might have walked. ... When we got off the streetcar at Times Square, it was somewhat of a letdown. Newspapers were blowing about the road and pavement, and Broadway looked seedy, like a slovenly woman just out of bed.
— Charlie Chaplin Modern

Silent film legend

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From 'My Autobiography', describing his arrival in America

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1964

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Humorous

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https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000033/bio/

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