CONTROVERSY
Usually what seems to follow fame is its companion "controversy", and with Chaplin there was no exception.
During World War 1 was when the first controversy around Chaplin had appeared in which his loyalty to England was often questioned.
He also had never applied for a United States citizenship and passed as a paying visitor. Because of this, many people had considered Chaplin a "coward" or "slacker".
Due to this reason and many others, the FBI and the HUAC had suspected Chaplin of including Communist Propaganda in his films. Later on in Chaplin's life there were other controversies including communism as well.
In 1940 Chaplin had played the role of Adolf Hitler in his film "The Great Dictator", this film also being the first of his to include sound. Not surprisingly, the film caused controversy but still grossed over $5 million and was nominated for awards.
Soon after that in 1943, Chaplin had an issue involving a woman he had dated. The woman, Joan Barry, had claimed that her baby was Chaplin's. Later in 1944 blood tests had proved her claims wrong, but Chaplin was still stuck paying $75 a week until the child was 21.