Full Screenplay of Chaplin's "The Freak" Published

[daveh]

https://variety.com/2020/film/news/char ... 234853030/

Thanks,
Dave H.

[boblipton]

As usual, there's a glaring error in the story. I expect that Nitratevillains will know that Limelight was not Chaplin's final finished film, and that he finished two more.

Bob

[2 Reel]

Fantastic! Thank you for sharing this news. I wouldn't have known otherwise. I've always wanted to read this script from when I first heard about it (as well as the script for Alfred Hitchcock's final, scripted, yet unproduced film).

[Wm. Charles Morrow]

Interesting news, thanks for posting. I remember hearing about this project while Chaplin was still living. I wondered if he'd have one more credit to his name. Based on the results with A Countess from Hong Kong perhaps it's best it was never realized. That said, it's too bad he didn't attempt to film this story at an earlier stage of his life.

[DavidWelling]

Hitchcock’ last script, The Short Night, was included in David Freeman’s book, The Last Days of Alfred Hitchcock. It’s a fascinating read.