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reading, followed by bouts of physical exercise; for Chaplin's early training in gymnastics and dancing, together with his vitality, have left him with a desire for hard exercise, on the tennis court or in the swimming pool.
For years now, his "brooding" period over his scenarios, has been increasingly long and arduous, and he is never seen in his studios while he is enduring the initial torments of producing a theme. He has a full-time staff to deal with routine matters, and his technicians are always on call.
Music still fills a great part of Chaplin's life, in his own entertainment, the entertainment of his guests, and in his own work. His attitude to his own music is best illustrated by his gesture to Markova. They had enjoyed together a lively discussion on Monsieur Verdoux. Markova had particularly liked the music Chaplin composed for the film, and Chaplin was delighted with her appreciation of it, in the same unbelieving way he had been delighted so many years before with the reception of The Kid. When she was about to leave Hollywood, he gave her a complete set of records of the music, because she had enjoyed it, and he had enjoyed making it.
The strain and suffering caused by the virulent hostility maintained against him by a section of the American public, has been overcome at last by the contentment of his private life. He is to-day leading the leisurely and cultured life of a wealthy man. His home, his wife, his family, his books, his music fill his days. He takes as long as he chooses over the preparation for, and working upon, each of his films. In his work and in his home, he is at ease, after so many tormented years.
Perhaps the most revealing thing Chaplin has ever said, and the most typical, was the reply he gave to Sam Goldwyn's question, "What do you want most from the future?" Chaplin was a young man then, and he replied, "More life. Whether it comes through pictures or not — more life ! " Anyone with such zest for living must either go under or come out on top. And Chaplin, after titanic struggles, both personal and public, has come out on top.