1941 – The Great Dictator
The film, “The Great Dictator” which was written, directed, produced, scored, and starred Charlie Chaplin lost the Oscar to “Rebecca”. Charlie Chaplin may be best known for his character the Tramp, but arguably his best work was in “The Great Dictator”. The amount of research he put into studying Hitler and his speeches to get the dialogue and mannerisms correct does not go unnoticed.