In November 1924, Charlie had married his leading lady, Lita Grey. It was no wiser a marriage than his first had been. Despite the turmoil in his private life, Charlie went on and made a film called The Circus. Chaplin had done over seven hundred takes on that tightrope-- and all for a few minutes of film. The moment The Circus was completed, he launched into making City Lights. In the next few years Charlie was to make three of his finest films: City lights in 1931, Modern Times in 1936, and The Great Dictator in 1940.

　　After failure of the third marriage in 1942, He had met a young woman, the daughter of the great American playwright, Eugene O’Neill. She was only 17 years old and she and Charlie had fallen deeply in love. Her name was Oona. And now it was 1945, after the world II, America had become affected by a kind of madness, an obsessive fear and hatred of Communism. Charlie become the victim of this persecution. Against this atmosphere of persecution he set to work on a new film. The film was Limelight, the story of an aging music hall performer and the young girl he helps to success. Into it he put his memories of the London and the theatrical life he had known as a boy. America’s anti-communist emotions had found a new and more lunatic voice. On his way to London for its premiere. The US Attorney General had forbidden Chaplin re-entry to the United States. He was an exile.

　　He was received warmly in London and hailed as a genius. In the US, the vicious attacks continued, Charlie couldn’t go back, and the family left for Switzerland. In January 1953, they settled in the beautiful house at Corsier-sur-Vevey that was to be Charlie’s home for the rest of his life.

　　If America had denounced Charlie, he had his family-- and the acclaim of the rest of the world. In 1945 when McCarthy and his henchmen was discovered that they had been faking evidence. Now America opened its arms to Charlie once more and he showered with awards.

　　In 1975, just before his eighty-sixth birthday, Charlie, who had been one of the London’s "infant poor" was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.

　　After a life of incredibly hard work, of great triumphs and great sorrows and trials, Charlie seemed to have entered a golden time. He was becoming frail, but loved to work as always.

　　"To work is to live-- and I love to live."

　　Christmas Eve, 1977 came and the house was brimming with children and grandchildren. Charlie was settled in his room, they left the door open so that he could share in the sounds of excitement and happiness that ran through the house.

　　In the morning, when it was time to wake him and to wish him a Happy Christmas, it was found that Charlie had died in his sleep. He was eighty-eight years old.

　　It was a good day for someone who had given so much laughter and encouragement to the world to slip away.

　　1924年月11月，查理娶女主角丽苔·格雷为妻。这次婚姻与第一次同样不够明智。面对个人生活的风浪，查理坚强不屈，接着开拍新片《马戏团》在这部片子里，拍了七百多次卓别林走钢丝的镜头，而最后用于影片的仅有几分钟。《马戏团》问世后，他马上开拍《城市之光》以后数年间，查理完成了最出色的影片中的三部，即《城市之光》（1931）、《摩登时代》（1936）、和《大独裁者》（1940年）。

　　第三次婚姻失败以后，1942年他遇识了一位年轻的女郎，她是美国著名剧作家尤金·奥尼尔的女儿。她才17岁却与查理相亲相爱，难舍难分。她的名叫奥娜。1945年的美国已弥漫开对共产主义的疯狂仇视和困恼。卓别林成为这次迫害的牺牲品。就是在这种受迫害的环境中，他着手摄制一部新影片，这部影片就是《舞台生涯》它讲述一位年迈的戏院演员协助一位年轻女郎取得成功的故事，反映了他童年时代熟知的伦敦概况和演艺生活。50年代初美国的反共狂热掀起了新的、更为癫狂的咆哮。在赴伦敦举行《舞台生涯》首映典礼的路上，美国司法部长宣布禁止卓别林再度入境美国。他成了一位流亡者。

　　查理在伦敦受到盛情欢迎，被兴高采烈的人们捧为天才。然而在美国，对他的恶毒攻击仍在继续。查理无法返回，于是合家迁居瑞士。1953年1月，他们在坐落于维也纳威城科西尔的漂亮宅院里定居下来，查理在那里度过了余生。

　　尽管美国对查理横加指责，他却拥有一个团聚的家庭，还享有世界其他各国的赞誉。1954年，麦卡锡及同伙，已经变得声名狼藉，因为他们一直作伪证的事被揭发出来。于是美国又向查理展开了欢迎的双臂，给予他的各种奖励也纷至沓来。

　　1975年86岁前，过去曾是维多利亚时代伦敦“儿童济贫院”小孩之一的查理，被英国女王伊丽莎白二世加封爵位。

　　一生中异常勤奋地工作、取得辉煌成就和历经艰难困苦的查理，好似步入了人生黄金时代。尽管他身体渐趋虚弱，但仍一如既往地热爱工作。

　　他说：“生活的目的在于工作，因此我热爱生活。”

　　1977年圣诞节除夕夜，卓别林家里子孙满堂。家里人将查理安顿在他自己的房间里，让门敞开着，以便他能聆听到回荡在别墅内的快乐祥和、热闹非凡的喜庆之声。

　　第二天早晨，该唤醒他并祝他圣诞快乐的时候，他被发现已在睡眠中安然溘世，享年88岁。

　　对一位曾给世界人民带来如此之多的欢笑和鼓舞的人而言，这一天无疑是悄然谢世的好日子。