Editing The Great Dictator (section)

==Plagiarism lawsuit==
Chaplin's half-brother [[Sydney Chaplin|Sydney]] directed and starred in a 1921 film called ''[[King, Queen, Joker]]'' in which, like Charles Chaplin, he played the [[dual role]] of a barber and ruler of a country which is about to be overthrown. More than twenty years later, in 1947, Charles Chaplin was sued over alleged [[plagiarism]] with ''The Great Dictator''. [[Konrad Bercovici]] claimed that he had created ideas such as Charles Chaplin playing a dictator and a dance with a globe, and that Charles Chaplin had discussed his five-page outline for a screenplay with him for several hours.<ref name="friedrich1997">{{cite book |title=City of Nets: A Portrait of Hollywood in the 1940s |publisher=University of California Press |author=Friedrich, Otto |year=1997|edition=reprint |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0x8AFchW4JsC&pg=PP1 |location=Berkeley and Los Angeles |pages=27–28 |isbn=0520209494}}</ref> Yet, apparently, neither the suing party nor Charles Chaplin himself brought up Sydney Chaplin's ''King, Queen, Joker'' of the silent era.<ref>Garza, Janiss. [https://allmovie.com/work/king-queen-joker-97822 "King, Queen, Joker: Synopsis"]. [[AllMovie]]. Retrieved May 4, 2013.</ref> The case, ''Bercovici v. Chaplin'', was [[legal settlement|settled]], with Charles Chaplin paying Bercovici $95,000 {{USDCY|95000|1947}}.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1947-05-02 |title=Chaplin Suit Ends; Actor Pays $95,000 – Agreement in Plagiarism Case Gives Comedian Scenarios Written by Bercovici |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1947/05/02/archives/chaplin-suit-ends-actor-pays-95000-agreement-in-plagiarism-case.html |access-date=2023-12-20 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> In return, Bercovici conceded that Chaplin was the sole author. Chaplin insisted in his autobiography that he had been the sole writer of the movie's script. He agreed to a settlement, because of his "unpopularity in the States at that moment and being under such court pressure, [he] was terrified, not knowing what to expect next."<ref>Chaplin, ''My Autobiography'', 1964.</ref>