This is a CBS I on the World with John Bachelor.

Here's John Bachelor.

It is the late 19th century Christmas Day.

A young child proceeds to the dining hall to receive his Christmas gift.

The Lambeth Workhouse, workshop, workhouse.

These are mostly young men, young boys who have no parents

or the parents are not responsible for them at the moment and the

rewards of the state momentarily. One of those small children is Charlie Chaplin.

This scene plays again and again throughout the book in my mind Charlie Chaplin versus America when

art, sex and politics collided. Scott Eimen is the author I welcome Scott now.

This scene Scott I return again and again to it in your careful analysis of Charlie Chaplin's spectacular career.

He tells the story, I imagine, more than once, he also uses the image of oranges on Christmas

to his own children when they are not appreciative of the wealth that they grew up in.

What happened to Charlie Chaplin I imagine he of the Scott. Good day to you, John. Thanks for having me.

The story was told to me by Chaplin's son, Sydney.

Sydney Chaplin was named after Chaplin's brother, Sydney, for very good reasons that we can get into later.

Sydney Chaplin told me that he would go over to his father's house in Switzerland for Christmas,

and the tree would be 15 feet tall and hundreds of presents under it because

the chaplain and his wife, who had had eight children at that point, as well as Sydney coming

over from California to spend time with them over the

the holiday and he said you could set your wash by it at some point on Christmas

day chaplain would grow very quiet while the kids were plowing through their

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