Less a true belief than a cynical way to control and stifle opposition, fascism emerged in the early 20th century in Italy, ...

Chaplin homes in on his target In late 1940, producer-director-star Charlie Chaplin released “The Great Dictator.” Often considered Chaplin’s last great film, “The Great Dictator” is the ...

His face is rapturous. Charlie Chaplin's (1889-1977) "The Great Dictator," a 1940 satirical comedy-drama film, depicts the madness of a man consumed with his ambition of world domination.

Next up was Charlie Chaplin’s 1941 black comedy, “The Great Dictator,” an anti-fascist spoof that, along with his capitalism-critical movie “Modern Times,” was used as evidence of the ...