Chaplin

25: Chaplin (Robert Downey Jr., who does great work here, especially when he's dressed up as The Tramp and the scenes at the piano when he works himself too hard) asks Hetty Kelly to marry him. She declines. The actress Moira Kelly did an extraordinary job in this movie. She played two characters and I didn't realize it until a few moments ago. She also plays Oona O'Neill Chaplin, a character we see later in the film. Chaplin tells Hetty he's going to America. We learn that Chaplin loved her though he'd never even kissed her. George (Anthony Hopkins) tells Chaplin that he should let the readers share his emotions and feelings. Chaplin tells Hetty he'll wait for her and wants to know if she will. She thinks he's wonderful. He gives her a flower when she says he never mentioned love. The birth of something new.

45: Chaplin is in California and reads Hetty's letter; he becomes aware that she's married and he's hurt. He's got fame and money and soon leaves Mack Sennett to control his own movies. Now that I'm aware.

60: Chaplin acts in a war movie, he talks with Fairbanks (Kevin Kline) and they play tennis as they talk about his fiance who Chaplin will marry because he believes she's with child. He later learns she wasn't with child. There's no going back now.

-45: Chaplin walks on the beach with his future wife, Paulette, this is their first meeting. Discovery.

-25: Chaplin has tea with his future wife, Oona, this is their first meeting. He tells Oona he wants to stay with her and they laugh watching a boxing scene from one of his movies. Eventually they leave the country and remain happily married until the end. The final turning point.