In the last two decades of his career, Chaplin concentrated on re-editing and scoring his old films for re-release, along with securing their ownership and distribution rights. For the two months she was there, Chaplin and his brother Sydney were sent to live with their father, whom the young boys scarcely knew.

Chaplin developed a passion for music as a child and taught himself to play the piano, violin, and cello. It was his first to use Technicolor and the widescreen format, while he concentrated on directing and appeared on-screen only in a cameo role as a seasick steward. The three visit the former Sanderson cottage, now an abandoned museum, where Max inadvertently resurrects the witches by lighting the Black Flame Candle. Six months into the second American tour, Chaplin was invited to join the New York Motion Picture Company. In the early morning of Christmas Day 1977, Chaplin died at home after having a stroke in his sleep.Three centuries later, on October 31, 1993, teenager Max Dennison has recently moved to Salem from Los Angeles. The pair were caught in a large police operation in May, and Chaplin's coffin was found buried in a field in the nearby village of Noville. He was proud of the film, writing in his autobiography, " Monsieur Verdoux is the cleverest and most brilliant film I have yet made.

It was his first feature in 15 years to adopt political references and social realism, [221] a factor that attracted considerable press coverage despite Chaplin's attempts to downplay the issue. He was briefly reunited with his mother 18 months later, but Hannah was forced to readmit her family to the workhouse in July 1898.Chaplin then embarked on the Third Liberty Bond campaign, touring the United States for one month to raise money for the Allies of the First World War. Chaplin asserted a high level of control over his pictures and started to put more time and care into each film.