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Winston Churchill and Charlie Chaplin

The British Prime Minister and the vaudeville star are pictured here on the set of "City Lights." Did you know these two were actually at political odds? Churchill visited the United States in 1929 and hung out on the film set, and when the film premiered in London in 1931, Chaplin was invited to dinner at Churchill's home.

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