Charlie Chaplin receiving an Honorary Oscar®

[bfeezey]

What class! It's too bad he is so far removed from my generation. We could learn a lot of Charlie. Such a consummate gentleman. He is truly of the old world, and I feel such remorse at both it's, and his passing.

[BeautifulBellaJen]

The longest applause in Academy Awards history. 12 minutes.

[jimbobeire]

Great that Jackie Coogan was there. Some might know him as Uncle Fester from the old Adams Family, but as a child star he was 'the kid' in the Chaplin Film "The Kid".

[peasblossom1973]

What's with the ridiculous skipping of this video? It's crazy........

[kldodo]

5:03 EPIC LAUGH !!!

[philrahnhopper]

Ah, the humanity.

[rajinirulez]

i didnt know tats how charlie chaplin looked in colour man..he is so sweet.

[TheKalen486]

epic

[sugreev2001]

He's one of the reasons why Hollywood even came into being.Though personally,I preferred Buster Keaton and Laurel & Hardy when it came to vaudeville/theater turned "mega comedians"

[MrRockjock13]

R.I.P. Mr. Chaplin. A.K.A. the most famous tramp in history.

[strwberykiss12]

who is the man giving the award? 

[ccipollini1984]

This man was the living emblem of a Hollywood now gone.

[pakpakpakakk]

truly a Magnificent and a Great Human Being. Love you Mr. Chaplin.

[Horrormaniacs2]

he sounds a little bit like Al Pacino

[nchgwg8q]

Não me canso de dar meu testemunho e dizer o quanto foi fantástico! Amazing Charlie...

[dabogirl]

you can tell he was a star of the silent screen from the variety and intensity of his expressions

[michaelaepp]

@dabogirl What a cool observation that is !

[stitch1993]

Just finished watching Chaplin the movie, I gotta say he is still one of the greatest comedians EVER

[MickeyLove01]

The amount of money he made for the american film industry and you refused him passage back into your backward country, shame on you!!  I see we had McCarthy-esque censorship applied here. Pfffttt...

[joevictor53]

@MickeyLove01 Kind of unfair to write off a whole country because J. Edgar Hoover was a paranoid nutjob.

[MaximilianMontesa]

This is the equivalent of Mozart going to the Grammys.

[tinotrivino]

Shame on you you fucking USA you made a bad life to this GREAT HUMAN BEING!!!

[FluffyCore]

What a wonderful actor... and of course a wonderful man. Tough, there was something odd about him after he got a little older.... he started to be more silent... more...sad. At lest, most of his friends and family said about

[turtlespameater]

That man is a national treasure to every nation in the world.

[Fishercherrlynn]

Charlie Chaplin IS history.

[Movieman30002]

I remember when I was real little i would go with my mom or grandparents to this old pizza parlor and they would always be playing his movies and shorts in there

[ramon19141]

"A great comedian is someone who can make people laugh, without ever saying a word" - Woody Allen

[hootiepaladin]

You deserved every bit of that standing ovation and then some Charlie. You were way before my time, but the last speech in the The Great Dictator made me a fan for life.

[jensrealia]

At the time it was the longest ovation in Oscars history - 12 minutes. Thank goodness he was born in the time of film.

[British0Pixie]

The Oscars should of used this footage for CHAPLIN HIMSELF

and not the TOOL that wastes a good 3 min talking when the clip is

suppose to be about CHAPLIN not him, and then he has

the bloody bollocks to try and rush Chaplin while he is receiving his

WELL DESERVED accolades from the audience. What a total arsehole!

Post a new version where the 5min clip is about Chaplin being announced,

receiving his standing ovation, and then his speech IN IT'S ENTIRETY, and

omit the first guy.

Chaplin = LEGEND.

[snacktical]

ridiculously long applause. :)

[89ANDRIX]

147 people are so stupid

[11ari11]

now tell me, why this only has 2,000,000 views...and kanye west interupting taylor swift has 17,000,000?????

[jcnsri]

Charlie Chaplin received the longest standing ovation in the history of the Academy Awards, and he very well deserved it.

[WeaponXXIV]

"Anyone who has ever seen a movie is in his debt"

So eloquently put and completely true

[TheKalen486]

the original and who set the bar for all actors

[BoyPickUp29]

the best comedian in the world but he's dead :(

[AdmiralKabuki]

4:38 CURSE THAT MISERABLE HEDGEHOG!!!

[jackylegs94]

This is just awe-inspiring.

[Varodunham92]

One of the best comedians EVER IN HISTORY.

[infernoacid]

@Varodunham92 you are RIGHT ABOUT THAT

[MrThesuperboy]

Charlie sounds like such a great man, so pleased and generally honoured to be at the Oscars. Celebrities who win Oscars nowadays are hardly talented and just arrogant.

[TakersMissy]

@MrThesuperboy You got that right! Most of today's "celebrities" have little talent, few brains, and NO class. Hell - WE were supremely honored that Charlie Chaplin even came back to this country after the government (feds) treated him so terribly amidst the stupid "red scare" of the early 50's - and even in 1972 I think he was only granted a 2-week visa or something like that. But regardless - this has to be one the THE highlight moments of all all Hollywood history! :-D

[Zaxxon2008]

The Academy Awards used to be classy? What gives???

[hdeeplive]

Hats off to a true legend.

[DannyEZale]

One word... Amazing!

Danny Zale

[HIMYNAMEISEVAN]

This man might be the most important man in movie making history. 

[LFRMUSIC]

Chaplin, actor, director, music composer, genius

[NCHCITY]

The best actor when that I looked ancient films

[H0RIFurraH1]

What a great man!! And whoever that was who introduced Charlie was an exceptional speaker. Yanks actually sounded super intelligent back then.A bit before my time but will live on long after. Well done Charlie!!

[TakersMissy]

@H0RIFurraH1 LOL! Yes - we WERE a lot more intelligent, mature and less cynical back then! It was an imperfect but in some ways a much nicer time than today.

The introductory speaker was Daniel Taradash, a film writer and producer who was also the-then current President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (1970 to 1973).

[SOURCExRxE]

This is so touching to me. The words. The compassion. The connection. The rebirth. The end. The bitter. The sweet. The love and the humor. The wit. The master. The laughter. The cries & tears of joy for all to enjoy. The time. The legend. Forever more!!!

[dhingratixxx1]

We love you sir...

[BroadwayBeauty90]

He is just so humble! We need more actors like him now a days

[dhingratixxx1]

 we love u sir....

:-)

[LadyScorpio39]

he should have gotten it years before! chaplin was a genius. his speach at the end of "The Dictator" was brilliant and ahead of its time! just like chaplin!

[edilsondasilvasousa]

REVOLUCIONOU O CINEMA. MERECE TODAS AS HOMENAGENS

[Budoshi]

If Charlie wasn't vindicated for having been ousted out of America under the McCarthy-Period, then he never would have been. This moment was the greatest in history, and personally I feel a tear coming by always when I see this.

RIP Chaplin. I grew up with your movies, so I wil always remember them.

[HIMYNAMEISEVAN]

@Budoshi Why was he kicked out of America?

[TakersMissy]

@HIMYNAMEISEVAN There was a big paranoia going on in the late 1940's and early 1950's about communist infiltration in this country; anyone with even the slightest suspicion on them was suspect.  Chaplin was a controversial figure anyway, with his independent spirit and all, but I don't believe for one second that he was a communist and was a blessing instead for all the joy he gave us. J.Edgar Hoover and the feds just had it out for him, the bastards. We love you Charlie always!

[franckyjo01]

Le plus grand génie du cinéma qui malgré tout a su rester

d'une grande humilité, ainsi vont les Grands Hommes, merci

à Charlie Chaplin pour l’œuvre qui nous a laissé.

[sleezypeemartini]

I´ve just whatched "Chaplin-the Movie" and at the End i was so emotionaly touched, that some tears runs over my face. Then I turned to youtube, wondering, if there is a video about Chaplin at the Oscars. And here it is! Internet! What beautiful thing!!!!

[ConSmith1807]

@sleezypeemartini Just did the same thing. While he's best known for his comedy, The Great Dictator sticks out to me as one of the most profound things I've ever heard. He earned all the rewards of his hard work and then some

[evomasterryan]

May he Rest in peace the greatest character in historey !!!

[bwc3821]

I just saw my first Chaplin film last night (Modern Times). Of course I'd HEARD of what a great actor he was, but all that praise still didn't do him justice. After just one film I'm awestruck at how brilliant this man was.

[Fmrc97]

I remember when my Granddad got me into Charlie Chaplin when I was eight. He gave me a Charlie Chaplin DVD box set for Christmas. From there on I have loved Chaplin's work so much! R.I.P Charlie and Granddad x

[paddy9i99]

@Fmrc97 I've got some original Chaplin DVD's some from the 1930's

[DrMechaGodzilla]

@paddy9i99 I hope you know DVDs were invented in the early 90s.....

[tinotrivino]

@Fmrc97 Rip Charlie and RIp your Grandpa,! i loved your comment my friend!

[Juanchosinmiedo]

chaplin, the master of the sensibility, humor, love and genius of the cinema. incredible actor, director, productor and musician...

[wschoderpony]

You must watch all of his films and analyze them deeply. Afterwards, read the history of his life. Finally, watch this video. You will cry.

[ApolloKun777]

@wschoderpony I've done the latter, now to go for the former :3

[colinmcom14]

There are tears in my eyes :`)```````

[Weisbberg]

Just the best!

[Zeldanon]

I have never seen him as an elderly man before. He looks like a grandpa that I would love to have.

[mhz23]

I've read that the ovation went on for twelve minutes. I'd like to see that video.

[TakersMissy]

Oh, I've seen this clip dozens of times... and it never fails to make me cry! How wonderful it was that the generation following the McCarthy era had the respect and adoration for Charlie Chaplin he so richly deserved. It was LONG overdue!! :-)

[daggerheart03]

Truly amazing man. He deserved that applause, he was such an Englishman being very humble at the reception he received. This man will be funny forever, he's a legend.

[allseevid]

Wow that's a BIG bow tie!

[alnamree]

The symbol humanity

[MottTheWot]

I am pretty sure Chaplin grew up at Elephant And Castle, he was a south London cockney! He visited the area several times later in his life. He was probably shy of doing talkies because of his English accent, it is doubtful if the general public knew he was English at the time? He never became an American citizen and Hoover had him thrown out in 1952. I think this was his first trip back to America for 23 years! He comes from the English music hall school of performance.

[colinmcom14]

@MottTheWot It was his first trip back to America after his self-imposed exile in Switzerland, unfortunately he returned to Europe after this.

[binaway]

@MottTheWot My great grand parents appeared on the same stage with a young Chaplin and Stan Laurel. Charlie and Stan would have been 16 and near the bottom of the bill and my great grandparents second from the top. Even at that age the other performers knew these two had talent and would go far.

[ergo197320031]

Marvalious

[JeanEtchepare]

Chaplin is the Einstein of the cinema

[paj767]

@JeanEtchepare I like to think Eisenstein is the Einstein of cinema

[einrib4truth]

Charlie Chaplin was an Humanitarian and Artistic Genius who KNEW exactly what was happening in the World... and by Whom! and this he tried to portray in many of his incredible films. It was why He started his own film company: "United Artists." Will the World EVER "Wake-Up!" and realise what this wonderful man was trying to tell us? Because if WE don't... just expect the worst, and never to see Great Artist's like Chaplin again because the total control of OUR Arts/Media have already been stolen

[BoomerProduction96]

The Kid is my favorite so beautifull a great actor A LEGEND!

if you say Movie's you'll will say CHARLIE CHAPLIN !!

[migue325]

he is my master :)

[TheTubePortal]

Two of the greatest of the greats died in the same year of 1977, first Groucho Marx in August, and then Charlie Chaplin in December.

[globehunter2]

He looked like the sweetest and gracious man* what a warm and gentle smile he had. Surely if there is a Heaven or distant Star of life` Charlie lives on there.

[Trigga020]

@ 4:02, it looks like your getting high on LSD while watching this video.

[GhostOfAnEra]

Oh wow, Charlie looked good for his age! I'm not a Charlie Chaplin fan, but I greatly respect the man. Oh if only I was alive in the 30s! Meeting Charlie and Grouch (and his brothers) would've been my lifelong dream!

[adrianlindsaylohan]

I'm going to have to disagree with "Chaplin made more people laugh than anyone in history". I think that title belongs to Lucille Ball.

[glorybr]

@adrianlindsaylohan I'm from peru. Lucille Ball doesn't really mean anything in south America, or worldwide for that matter. a terrific American comedienne but just that, american.

[colinmcom14]

@glorybr Sir Chaplin was British, it's just that he was an American icon, having lived there from 1914 to 1952.

[garply101]

It's funny how people from different countries want to claim certain people when they are legendary or famous. But if they commit crimes or do bad things in their country they want to deport the people back to their country of origin and do not claim them at all, even though they have lived there since childhood.

[igormaia85]

AAh stop talking

[PetterMyhr]

Didnt know he could speak.

[runner4peace]

In my room,clapping my hands off tears streaming down my face...what an amazing human being indeed.

[The12GAme]

@runner4peace thats fucking pathetic...you probably look like a dork

[djscottdog1]

i went to a Halloween disco as him , love the character

[moosey62]

Bravo , Charlie

[colinmcom14]

Bravo.

[Leadhead444]

Charlie Chaplin is one of the greatest actors and directors that ever lived!!

[slangshotstudios]

He was actually a really mean-spirited and sadistic person in real life if you look into it and do some research. Marlon Brando called him "the most sadistic man I've ever met."

[MrDavearama]

@slangshotstudios - Marlon Brando was a big S&M fan.

[appledapathy]

Charlie Chaplin's films inspired and encouraged us to be better men and women. Im sure it would make him proud to see that people are fighting over his nationality on youtube...

[NullOfNull]

Genius

[ngllove11]

hATS OFF CHAPLIN,,

[irishoorah]

Ah may the red rose live always,

To smile on earth and sky,

Why should the beautiful ever weep?

Why should the beautiful die?

-Steven Foster (author of the song 'Beautiful Dreamer)

[berluska87]

UN MITO!!!

[Anunnaki50]

Actually, he was French descendant

[reventonfloyd]

Charlie Chaplin, Stanley Kubrick and Ennio Morricone never won an oscar!

How could the Academy represent the meritocracy with such absurd injustices?!

[mathscripter]

@reventonfloyd Actually, Kubrick won a competitive Oscar for 2001 and Chaplin won a competitive Oscar for Limelight. Most people only focus on the "major" Academy Awards.

[josecostamartins]

That's a man who deserves the prize, after this the Oscar should never be given again... It banalizes the prize, specially when it's "fixed"

[pepsikun12]

This was the longest standing ovation I have ever seen!

[aaibaba88]

Chaplin received the longest standing ovation in Academy Award history, lasting a full twelve minutes.

[aaibaba88]

Chaplin received the longest standing ovation in Academy Award history, lasting a full twelve minutes.

[away16]

147 persons are stupids

[Xenoduct]

What a great moment!

[rudal90]

you are sweet man. forever :D

[GratefulVince]

One of the top 5 American filmmakers to ever live. IMO him and Welles are 2 the greatest American directors.

[TheMaxTobias]

@GratefulVince He was English.

[MrChristopher1213]

@TheMaxTobias Actually, he was French descendant ! Do your homework.  he Doesn't even have blue eyes !

[dannysquirrel]

@MrChristopher1213 Ehh, whatever, he was English! Do YOUR homework! The chap was replying to another IDIOT who thought he was American. Your nationality depends on where you were BORN! His French ancestry is completely IRRELEVANT in this instance. THE MAN WAS ENGLISH!

[PatBB333]

@dannysquirrel Not in America. If someone asks what you are, you dont say American, you say Irish, or half-Cherokee, or wherever your ancesters are from

[Anunnaki50]

@TheMaxTobias Actually, he was French descendant !

[dannysquirrel]

@Anunnaki50 SO? He's still English, actually! If someone asks me where I'm from, I don't reply with "I'm Swiss descendant." NO. I just say "I'm Irish." CHAPLIN WAS ENGLISH!

[mac112man]

@GratefulVince

Chaplin wasn't American...

[MrCorndogEater]

@GratefulVince You fucking idiot, he was English

[bluemoonrising26]

@GratefulVince

Charlie Chaplin was born in England to English parents. He never set foot in America until the age of 21. In what way was he American?

[TheKpopluvrs]

i cried at his tiny speech

[PsychotronicWar]

THE BEST MOMENT OF OSCARS EVER. END OF STORY.

[MusicSDM]

jee the audience loves clapping!

[andie8989]

It took 3 minutes until he came on :LL

[Prychemnie]

Charlie Chaplin always ended with a smile :) No matter how...

[Soccerstargal306]

I just did a project on him, and it made me realize that he is a freakin legend. He most certainly is the worlds greatest actor.

[christopherhoughton1]

Charlie was very gracious -- I would've told them to shove it.

[volkanik1686]

It makes me sad! Makmes me cry...You R Undead GREAT CHARLES!

[jonathan92485]

Thank You for all you have done

[lihay]

Chaplin is everything. Chaplin.

[tapeafriend]

J Edgar Hoover can suck it!!

[TheBritishLegions]

@tapeafriend ''J Edgar Hoover can suck it!!''

Yes J Edgar Hoover did like sucking ... a lot!

[mastermind3997]

For a man who made his name on silent comedy, he really has a way with words.

[bestdamnalex]

This is too touching. I can't find words to describe how amazing Charlie Chaplin was. Still is, for most of us.

[wjb786]

The 146 who dislike this must not be humans, who are not able to comprehend such completeness of a human kind !!

[dalmatar1]

One from milione..thanx Charlie for smile..life...

[wewatch007]

What beautiful sweet and so very humble human being...Love is not enough but it will have to do for now.

Mr. Chaplin Thank you for all that you gave to the world where-ever you may be...

[fabiooliveira73]

The biggest genius of the all movies

[ccmstf]

Wow, for a moment there at around 4:10 I thought I was having a flashback.

[dauhud]

i enjoy his black and white movies more than i enjoy the colorful ones.

[TheScout28]

I will cry :') He's the best!!!!

[BigNiko17178]

wow

the man didnt even know what to say

very touching clip

chaplin truly is a master of film and comedy

[BigBagsForRent]

Who is the guy who introduces Chaplin?

[BigBagsForRent]

Who is the guy who introduces Chaplin?

[JspyEDC]

@BigBagsForRent Daniel Tarradash, president of the academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences at the time (1972). Himself, a noted a screen writer.

[Siggybobby]

Humour and Humanity.

Watching Chaplin´s movies at a tender age from 4-12 taught me these two terms! :-)

A genius!

[michellevu1991]

Wtf how can anybody dislike this video? Do they even know WHO THE FUCK Charlie Chaplin? Ignorant fucking people.

[themattman228]

Who's the evil lady at 5:03? lol

[lihay]

@themattman228

Genius comment !

[DULCE2732]

I SEE THIS AND I CRY ...

[bboytrigger123]

A true genius.

[eeeegggg]

you and i have not : /watch?v=veWYT9aZo4A

a message for everyone

[SuperAaaaa123456]

Is there any single person on the face of earth who hates this guy??

[KEYSERSOZE1965]

@SuperAaaaa123456 146 people obviously do.

[thesands49]

@SuperAaaaa123456 J Edgar Hoover did, no idea why.

[kingcrimson234]

you can really see how much this meant to him. no ego whatsoever, just genuine kindness. we need more people like him.

[MIKE21071964]

O.M.G

[MIKE21071964]

Tears.....

[zuschlag123]

it was like a 13 minute applause right?? btw one of the best performers ever to have walked on this earth

[TakersMissy]

@zuschlag123 Oh, no - I think it was ONLY a 12-minute standing ovation... LOL! And he deserved every second of it and more! We don't just owe credit to Charlie Chaplin for his contribution to movies: Chaplin, along with a small handful of others, WAS the movies!! Beautiful and bittersweet, just like his best-known films, I can only thank God that the USA in 1971-2 was much more respectful and appreciative to him than was the generation 20 years earlier. Love never dies; RIP Little Tramp.

[10gto1]

Best Oscar moment of all time.....

[50TNCSA]

he should have shown up looking like the tramp

[bappaichotu]

must thank whosoever posted this video. Never believed to see him other than in his movies. But surely one of the best things that internet can provide.

[Filonikis]

Best performer ever lived!Show some respect.Thank God for giving us such a man!Rest in peace Charles....

[romeonarcizo]

You deserved MAESTRO!!!!

[gnortznitz]

Borat should get the next one.

[rgopichand]

my one like is equal to infinite likes... :D

[ultamatefrogmaster]

Aw!!! I've only just started getting into Charlie Chaplin (he's not amazingly popular among the teens of 2011) but this made me cry!

And it made me smile.

:)