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How Hollywood nearly missed out on its greatest comedian

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In 1913, the Keystone film company offered Charlie Chaplin his first Hollywood contract. Chaplin scholar Donna Kornhaber from University of Texas at Austin explains why Chaplin hesitated before accepting it. Photo: Charlie Chaplin looks into a movie camera as two cameramen stand by. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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