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* UncreditedRole: Creator/HughFutcher as Barker.
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Misuse. Made back its budget.


* BoxOfficeBomb: Its budget was $3 million, and it only earned back $1 million in the US and UK. However, the film did well in Europe and Japan, and the music earned back the $2 million.

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* AwesomeDearBoy: Creator/MarlonBrando and Creator/SophiaLoren did it to work with Creator/CharlieChaplin without seeing the script.



* DoingItForTheArt: Creator/MarlonBrando and Creator/SophiaLoren did it to work with Creator/CharlieChaplin without seeing the script.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The film was filmed thirty years after it was conceived, it does come off more like a ScrewballComedy, or a SilentFilm in some scenes rather than a 60's film.
** Also the movie being set on board a Ocean Liner is unheard of in today's films.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: It's budget was $3 Million, it only earned back $1 Million in the US and UK, however the film did well in Europe and Japan and the music earned back the $2 Million.

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* BoxOfficeBomb: It's Its budget was $3 Million, million, and it only earned back $1 Million million in the US and UK, however UK. However, the film did well in Europe and Japan Japan, and the music earned back the $2 Million.million.
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** Creator/MarlonBrando had always greatly admired Creator/CharlieChaplin's work and looked upon him as "probably the most talented man the [movie] medium has ever produced," in his autobiography, Brando described Chaplin as "probably the most sadistic man I'd ever met, a fearsomely cruel man...He was an egotistical tyrant and a penny pincher. He harassed people when they were late, and scolded them unmercifully to work faster".

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** Creator/MarlonBrando had always greatly admired Creator/CharlieChaplin's work and looked upon him as "probably the most talented man the [movie] medium has ever produced," produced"; however, in his autobiography, Brando described Chaplin as "probably the most sadistic man I'd ever met, a fearsomely cruel man...He was an egotistical tyrant and a penny pincher. He harassed people when they were late, and scolded them unmercifully to work faster".
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* AndStarring: The movie stars Creator/TippiHedren as the small part of Martha, she had broken her contract with Creator/AlfredHitchcock, she hoped Chaplin would extend her part but he couldn't.
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this film didn't kill Chaplin's career, he could have made more if his health had been better


* CreatorKiller: This was Creator/CharlieChaplin's last movie and despite wanting to make more movies poor health ended his chance to do so.
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* InspirationForTheWork: The story is based loosely on the life of a woman Creator/CharlieChaplin met in France, named Moussia Sodskaya, or "Skaya", as he calls her in his 1922 book ''My Trip Abroad''. She was a Russian singer and dancer who "was a stateless person marooned in France without a passport". The idea, according to a press release written by Chaplin after the film received a negative reception, "resulted from a visit I made to Shanghai in 1931 where I came across a number of titled aristocrats who had escaped the Russian Revolution. They were destitute and without a country; their status was of the lowest grade. The men ran rickshaws and the women worked in ten-cent dance halls. When the Second World War broke out many of the old aristocrats had died and the younger generation migrated to Hong Kong where their plight was even worse, for Hong Kong was overcrowded with refugees".
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** Hudson was to be played by Creator/PeterSellers and Creator/NoëlCoward.

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** Hudson was to be played by Creator/PeterSellers and Creator/NoëlCoward.Creator/NoelCoward.

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* CreatorCameo: Chaplin appear briefly appears as The Old Steward who warns about Seasickness only to succumb later on.
* CreatorKiller: This was Chaplin's last movie and despite wanting to make more movies poor health ended his chance to do so.
* CultClassic: While there is many a Critic that panned the movie, it does have the footing of a Cult Classic due to the enjoyment of audiences (The film has 60% on Rotten Tomateos) also the fans of the movie include Creator/FrancoisTruffaut and Creator/JackNicholson.
* DeletedScenes: The original cut was 2 Hours long but since Universal Pictures footed the bill they cut about 15 minutes for the general release, which upset Chaplin.
* DoingItForTheArt: Brando and Loren, did it to work with Chaplin without seeing the script.
* DuelingStarsMovie: Where to start Brando fell out with Chaplin, because Chaplin's style of directing was old fashioned compared to Brando's method acting.
** Then Brando insulted Loren just before a love scene about seeing her nose hairs which killed the passion.
* HostilityOnTheSet: Brando declared that Chaplin "was an egotistical tyrant and a penny-pincher. He harassed people when they were late, and scolded them unmercifully to work faster".
** Also Brando was late himself and later delayed filming due to appendicitis and flu which Chaplin also caught.
** Loren also delayed shooting due to her civil marriage to Carlo Ponti.
* PrimaDonnaDirector: Chaplin's actions as a director as documented by Brando was terrible, but Hedren was amazed at his way of directing to embody the character so everyone know what he wanted.

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* CreatorCameo: Chaplin appear briefly appears as BreakawayPopHit: The Old Steward who warns about Seasickness only film's theme song, "This Is My Song", written by Creator/CharlieChaplin and performed by Music/PetulaClark, became a worldwide success, topping the charts in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, the Netherlands and Belgium, while reaching number three in the United States and number four in Canada.
* CastTheRunnerUp: Creator/SeanConnery was one of Creator/CharlieChaplin's choices for Ogden. He did lend his voice
to succumb later on.the film, as ''Film/YouOnlyLiveTwice'' was also being shot at Creator/PinewoodStudios.
* CreatorKiller: This was Creator/CharlieChaplin's last movie and despite wanting to make more movies poor health ended his chance to do so.

* CreatorKiller: This DoingItForTheArt: Creator/MarlonBrando and Creator/SophiaLoren did it to work with Creator/CharlieChaplin without seeing the script.
* ExecutiveMeddling: The original cut
was Chaplin's last movie and despite wanting to make more movies poor health ended his chance to do so.two hours long but since Creator/UniversalPictures footed the bill they cut about 15 minutes for the general release, which upset Chaplin.
* CultClassic: While there is many a Critic that panned ExtremelyLengthyCreation: The film's draft (called ''Stowaway'') was written in the movie, it does have the footing of a Cult Classic due to the enjoyment of audiences (The film has 60% on Rotten Tomateos) also the fans of the movie include Creator/FrancoisTruffaut 1930's and Creator/JackNicholson.
* DeletedScenes: The original cut
was 2 Hours long but since Universal Pictures footed the bill they cut about 15 minutes for the general release, which upset Chaplin.
* DoingItForTheArt: Brando and Loren, did it to work with Chaplin without seeing the script.
* DuelingStarsMovie: Where
to start Brando fell out with Chaplin, because Chaplin's style of directing was old fashioned compared to Brando's method acting.
** Then Brando insulted Loren just before a love scene about seeing her nose hairs which killed the passion.
Creator/PauletteGoddard and Creator/GaryCooper.
* HostilityOnTheSet: This was by all accounts an unhappy film to make.
** Creator/MarlonBrando had always greatly admired Creator/CharlieChaplin's work and looked upon him as "probably the most talented man the [movie] medium has ever produced," in his autobiography,
Brando declared that described Chaplin "was as "probably the most sadistic man I'd ever met, a fearsomely cruel man...He was an egotistical tyrant and a penny-pincher.penny pincher. He harassed people when they were late, and scolded them unmercifully to work faster".
** Also Brando was late himself and later delayed filming due According to appendicitis and flu which Brando, Chaplin also caught.
** Loren also delayed shooting due to her civil marriage to Carlo Ponti.
* PrimaDonnaDirector: Chaplin's actions as a director as documented by
frequently berated his son Sydney Chaplin and when Brando was terrible, but Hedren was amazed at arrived onset fifteen minutes late, Chaplin gave him a dressing down in front of the cast and crew. An embarrassed Brando demanded -- and received -- an apology. Chaplin, for his way of part, described directing to embody Brando as "impossible".
** Brando and Creator/SophiaLoren didn't get along, especially after
the character so everyone day they were doing a love scene and he commented, "Did you know what he wanted.you have black hairs up your nostrils?"



** The three oldest daughters of Chaplin has small cameos throughout the movie.
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The film was filmed 30 years after it was conceived, it does come off more like a Screwball Comedy, or a Silent Film in some scenes rather than a 60's film.

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** The Chaplin's three oldest eldest daughters of appeared in the film: Creator/GeraldineChaplin (at minutes 46 and 65), Josephine and Victoria Chaplin has small cameos throughout (at minute 92).
* TroubledProduction: Shooting was frequently interrupted by Creator/MarlonBrando arriving late and then being hospitalised with appendicitis, Brando and Creator/CharlieChaplin having
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flu, and Creator/SophiaLoren remarrying Carlo Ponti. One day, Chaplin was walking around outside discussing ideas when his foot got caught in a grate and he broke his ankle. It was the first serious injury he ever sustained.
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The film was filmed 30 thirty years after it was conceived, it does come off more like a Screwball Comedy, ScrewballComedy, or a Silent Film SilentFilm in some scenes rather than a 60's film.



* WhatMightHaveBeen: The film's draft (called Stowaway) was written in the 1930's and was to start Creator/PauletteGoddard and Creator/GaryCooper.
** To play Ogden Chaplin wanted Creator/SeanConnery, Creator/RexHarrison or Creator/CaryGrant.

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* WhatMightHaveBeen: The film's draft (called Stowaway) was written in the 1930's and was to start Creator/PauletteGoddard and Creator/GaryCooper.
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** To play Ogden Chaplin wanted Creator/SeanConnery, Creator/RexHarrison or Creator/CaryGrant.



* WithLyrics: The theme was turned into This Is My Song, which was a Number 1 Hit for Petula Clark.

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* WithLyrics: The theme ** Creator/TaniaMallet was turned into This Is My Song, which was a Number 1 Hit interviewed for Petula Clark.a role.
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* CultClassic: While there is many a Critic that panned the movie, it does have the footing of a Cult Classic due to the enjoyment of audiences (The film has 60% on Rotten Tomateos) also the fans of the movie include Creator/FrancoisTruffaut and Creator/JackNicholson.
* DeletedScenes: The original cut was 2 Hours long but since Universal Pictures footed the bill they cut about 15 minutes for the general release, which upset Chaplin.
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* AndStarring: The movie stars Creator/TippiHedren, was had finished with Hitchcock, she hoped Chaplin would extend her part but he couldn't.

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* AndStarring: The movie stars Creator/TippiHedren, was Creator/TippiHedren as the small part of Martha, she had finished broken her contract with Hitchcock, Creator/AlfredHitchcock, she hoped Chaplin would extend her part but he couldn't.

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* DoingItForTheArt: Brando and Loren, did it to work with Chaplin

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* DoingItForTheArt: Brando and Loren, did it to work with ChaplinChaplin without seeing the script.



* HostilelyOnTheSet: Brando declared that Chaplin "was an egotistical tyrant and a penny-pincher. He harassed people when they were late, and scolded them unmercifully to work faster".

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* HostilelyOnTheSet: HostilityOnTheSet: Brando declared that Chaplin "was an egotistical tyrant and a penny-pincher. He harassed people when they were late, and scolded them unmercifully to work faster".



* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The film was filmed 30 years after it was conceived, it does come off more like a Screwball Comedy, or a Silent Film in some scenes rather than a 60's film.
** Also the movie being set on board a Ocean Liner is unheard of in today's films.



** Hudson was to be played by Creator/PeterSellers and Creator/NoëlCoward.

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** Hudson was to be played by Creator/PeterSellers and Creator/NoëlCoward.Creator/NoëlCoward.
* WithLyrics: The theme was turned into This Is My Song, which was a Number 1 Hit for Petula Clark.
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** The three oldest daughters of Chaplin has small cameos throughout the movie.

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** The three oldest daughters of Chaplin has small cameos throughout the movie.movie.
* WhatMightHaveBeen: The film's draft (called Stowaway) was written in the 1930's and was to start Creator/PauletteGoddard and Creator/GaryCooper.
** To play Ogden Chaplin wanted Creator/SeanConnery, Creator/RexHarrison or Creator/CaryGrant.
** Hudson was to be played by Creator/PeterSellers and Creator/NoëlCoward.

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* AndStarring: The movie stars Creator/TippiHedren, was had finished with Hitchcock, she hoped Chaplin would extend her part but he couldn't/

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* AndStarring: The movie stars Creator/TippiHedren, was had finished with Hitchcock, she hoped Chaplin would extend her part but he couldn't/couldn't.
* BoxOfficeBomb: It's budget was $3 Million, it only earned back $1 Million in the US and UK, however the film did well in Europe and Japan and the music earned back the $2 Million.
* CreatorCameo: Chaplin appear briefly appears as The Old Steward who warns about Seasickness only to succumb later on.



* DuelingStarsMovies: Where to start Brando fell out with Chaplin, because Chaplin's style of directing was old fashioned compared to Brando's method acting.

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* DuelingStarsMovies: DoingItForTheArt: Brando and Loren, did it to work with Chaplin
* DuelingStarsMovie:
Where to start Brando fell out with Chaplin, because Chaplin's style of directing was old fashioned compared to Brando's method acting.



* HositillyOnTheSet: Brando declared that Chaplin "was an egotistical tyrant and a penny-pincher. He harassed people when they were late, and scolded them unmercifully to work faster".

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* HositillyOnTheSet: HostilelyOnTheSet: Brando declared that Chaplin "was an egotistical tyrant and a penny-pincher. He harassed people when they were late, and scolded them unmercifully to work faster".



* PrimaDonnaDirector: Chaplin's actions as a director as documented by Brando was

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* PrimaDonnaDirector: Chaplin's actions as a director as documented by Brando waswas terrible, but Hedren was amazed at his way of directing to embody the character so everyone know what he wanted.
* RealLifeRelative:
** Sydney Chaplin plays Harvey.
** The three oldest daughters of Chaplin has small cameos throughout the movie.
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* AndStarring: The movie stars Creator/TippiHedren, was had finished with Hitchcock, she hoped Chaplin would extend her part but he couldn't/
* CreatorKiller: This was Chaplin's last movie and despite wanting to make more movies poor health ended his chance to do so.
* DuelingStarsMovies: Where to start Brando fell out with Chaplin, because Chaplin's style of directing was old fashioned compared to Brando's method acting.
** Then Brando insulted Loren just before a love scene about seeing her nose hairs which killed the passion.
* HositillyOnTheSet: Brando declared that Chaplin "was an egotistical tyrant and a penny-pincher. He harassed people when they were late, and scolded them unmercifully to work faster".
** Also Brando was late himself and later delayed filming due to appendicitis and flu which Chaplin also caught.
** Loren also delayed shooting due to her civil marriage to Carlo Ponti.
* PrimaDonnaDirector: Chaplin's actions as a director as documented by Brando was

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