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Making 'The Shining'
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Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life
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Top Billed Cast
Peter Graves Self - Narrator
Andrew Sarris Self
Claire Bloom Self
Sydney Chaplin Self
Lita Grey Self
Charlie Chaplin Self (archive footage)
Edna Purviance Self (archive footage)
Oona O'Neill Chaplin Self (archive footage)
Paulette Goddard Self (archive footage)
Syd Chaplin Self (archive footage)
Douglas Fairbanks Self (archive footage)
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