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treasures I find. That's me, Tony Johansen, artist who likes to share
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    Charlie Chaplin in his Academy Award winning role in Limelight. He was given the award in 1972, 20 years after the film was made. It is the only time an extended period has passed between the film’s release and the presentation of the award. This is usually attributed to the Academy Award rule that no film can be nominated unless it has played in a Los Angeles theater. It is far more complicated  and unfortunate than that, however. When Chaplin went to Britain to promote the film in 1952, the American authorities refused to allow him back into the US due to Chaplin’s alleged communist sympathy’s. As a result of those public allegations most movie theaters in the US, including Los Angeles, refused to show the film. It was only in 1972 that it was shown in American theaters and the Oscar resulted. Soon after the Academy changed the rules to prevent any movie older than 2 years being nominated.

    Charlie Chaplin in his Academy Award winning role in Limelight. He was given the award in 1972, 20 years after the film was made. It is the only time an extended period has passed between the film’s release and the presentation of the award. This is usually attributed to the Academy Award rule that no film can be nominated unless it has played in a Los Angeles theater. It is far more complicated  and unfortunate than that, however. When Chaplin went to Britain to promote the film in 1952, the American authorities refused to allow him back into the US due to Chaplin’s alleged communist sympathy’s. As a result of those public allegations most movie theaters in the US, including Los Angeles, refused to show the film. It was only in 1972 that it was shown in American theaters and the Oscar resulted. Soon after the Academy changed the rules to prevent any movie older than 2 years being nominated.