00:01Humor heightens our sense of survival and preserves our sanity.
00:06These are the words of Charlie Chaplin.
00:09So were these written over 30 years ago.
00:12We think too much and feel too little.
00:15More than machinery, we need humanity.
00:18More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness.
00:22Without those qualities, life will be violent and all will be lost.
00:28Humor and humanity, the abiding elements of Chaplin's artistic conscience
00:34and his unparalleled talent as actor, writer, director, producer, composer,
00:42and to quote W.C. Fields, the greatest ballet dancer that ever lived.
00:47Chaplin made more people laugh than anyone in history, yet always.
00:52Just beneath the hilarity were the fears and sorrows of every man.
00:59So that one book about him is aptly titled, Charlie Chaplin, King of Tragedy.
01:05He created an immortal character, the little tramp.
01:09A thousand writers have woven allegories around him.
01:13Here's how Chaplin described him.
01:14A tramp, a gentleman, a poet, a dreamer, a lonely fellow, always hopeful of romance and adventure.
01:22He would have you believe he is a scientist, a musician, a duke, a polo player.
01:28However, he's not above robbing a baby of its candy.
01:31And of course, if the occasion warrants it, he will kick a lady in the rear.
01:38The world responded not only to the wondrous humor of the little tramp,
01:44but also to the love and indomitability he represents,
01:48to Chaplin's soaring theme that man's humanity to man is greater than his inhumanity.
01:58The inscription reads to Charles Chaplin for the incalculable effect he has had
02:04in making motion pictures the art form of this century.
02:09Chaplin has become more than a name.
02:11It is a word in the vocabulary of films.
02:15And anyone who has ever seen a movie is in his debt.
02:19A few years ago, Mr. Chaplin said,
02:23my only enemy is time.
02:26We respectfully disagree.
02:29For wherever and whenever there is communication,
02:32a screen and an audience,
02:34whether here on earth and now,
02:36or in some unfathomable future on some faraway star,
02:40time is Charlie Chaplin's dearest and eternal friend.
02:51Bravo!
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03:17Bravo!
03:20¡Gracias!
04:07Oh, thank you so much.
04:11An emotional moment for me.
04:14And words seem so futile, so feeble.
04:21I can only say that thank you for the honor of inviting me here.
04:29And all your wonderful, sweet people.
04:34Thank you.
04:53Thank you.
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