Charlie Chaplin (1951)

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trip around the world; Paulette Goddard 249 However, she was left behind on the Naples dock when the actor, Sid, and Kono sailed for the Orient. Her romance with Chaplin is recorded in her book, "Charlie Chaplin Intime," which was published in France. After a tour of Ceylon, Singapore, Java, and Bali, the party arrived in Japan in May 1932. Here Chaplin was welcomed like a king. An escort of hundreds of policemen was assigned to guide him through the cheering Tokyo crowds to his suite in the Hotel Imperial, designed by the American architect Frank Lloyd Wright. The next day, the son of Tsuyoki Inukai, the Premier of Japan, invited Chaplin to attend a wrestling match. On leaving the stadium, Kono learned that the Premier had been assassinated while his son was away arranging for Chaplin's attendance at the match. Precautions were taken to protect the actor. Chaplin revealed, ten years later, that his death had also been planned by the assassins— members of a militarist clique — in the hope that the act would precipitate a war between Japan and the United States. His name was found on the roll of intended victims prepared by Japanese extremists for the terroristic outbreak of May 1932. It was this act of terrorism, reputedly organized by the Black Dragon Society, which intimidated popular opposition to imperialism in Japan and launched the country on the aggressive road that ended in Japan's subjugation. Interested in the Japanese drama (he had admired Japanese performances in Los Angeles), Chaplin attended several plays. He also showed interest in other phases of Japanese culture. Then negotiations for the distribution of his new film, for which he asked a high price, were completed, and Chaplin and Kono sailed for Seattle while Sid returned to Nice. On the boat Chaplin began making notes. After a fifteen months' tour of the world, observing the effects of the depression and hearing the opinions of men reputed