Book review: Charlie Chaplin vs America is a marvellous celebration of a singular artist

Limelight, the last film that the director, producer, writer and star Charlie Chaplin made that was worthy of his name, premiered in New York in October 1952.

While sailing for Europe to promote it, Chaplin received a cable informing him that his re-entry permit (he never applied for citizenship) to the United States had been rescinded. He was, to use the language of our time, cancelled.