Why did he never become a U.S. citizen?
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Chaplin
brokedickdog7 — 12 years ago(March 08, 2014 08:45 PM)
If he became a citizen J. Edgar Hoover would not have been able to banish him like he did when he left the USA.
I believe it may be that to become a U.S. citizen he might have had to renounce his English citizenry. America makes it very difficult to have dual citizenship. I don't know what it was like then. -
Planikta — 11 years ago(April 22, 2014 08:45 AM)
Maybe he didn't want to be made a citizen of a country where McCarthy-ism was a thing, which pretty much ruined his later career, too. He tried bringing European views on socialism to a country which wasn't ready for it and was heavily criticized for doing so.
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DrakeStraw — 11 years ago(June 30, 2014 04:23 PM)
Chaplin probably didn't want the IRS following him back to the UK. They're about to tighten up again on Americans living abroad tomorrow when provisions of FATCA go into effect.
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