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many moral and material satisfactions. I, Charlie Chaplin, declare that Hollywood is dying. Hollywood is now fighting its last battle and it will lose that battle unless it decides, once and for all, to give up standardizing its films — unless it realizes that masterpieces cannot be massproduced in the cinema, like tractors in a factory. I think, objectively, that it is time to take a new road, so that money shall no longer be the all-powerful god of a decaying community." Apparently Chaplin's bitter mood had not been helped by the failure of "Verdoux."
After the premiere of this film a producer telegraphed Hedda Hopper, the columnist, that he had just witnessed an historic event. "I have seen the last film of Chaplin."
During the mid-forties, most of Chaplin's old friends drifted away or died. King Vidor and Harry Crocker, once his cronies, were no longer seen in his company. Henry Bergman, who had been with him on all his films since 1916, died in 1946. Bergman had been a sort of Chaplin trade-mark and good-luck charm, and Robert Florey, associate director on "Verdoux," had sought to have him appear as a judge in the courtroom scene but Chaplin did not want to disturb his ailing friend. Dr. Cecil Reynolds, the actor's physician, adviser and friend for many years, committed suicide. Alfred Reeves, his manager and associate since 1910, when he was with Karno, also passed on. Many other of Chaplin's old associates had been dropped or lost through quarrels but a few of the technical crew still remained. Edna Purviance still visited the studio, but only occasionally.
One gets the impression that Chaplin must sometimes feel alone. However, his present marriage has lasted several years. A daughter, Geraldine, was born in 1944 and a son, Michael John, two years later.