ONCE AGAIN, THE SAME DEPRESSING QUESTION AROSE: SHOULD I MAKE ANOTHER SILENT FILM? I KNEW I WOULD TAKE A BIG RISK BY DOING IT. IF I SPOKE, I WOULD BECOME AN ACTOR LIKE THE OTHERS. THESE WERE THE MELANCHOLIC PROBLEMS I FACED. THE INSPIRATION SUDDENLY CAME TO ME. OF COURSE! OF COURSE! IN THE ROLE OF HITLER, I COULD HARASS THE CROWDS IN A JARGON OF MY INVENTION AND TALK AS I PLEASE. AND IN THE ROLE OF CHARLOT, I COULD REMAIN MORE OR LESS SILENT. A SCENARIO ABOUT HITLER WAS SUITABLE FOR BURLESQUE AND PANTOMIME. SO I CAME BACK TO HOLLYWOOD IN A HURRY AND FULL OF ENTHUSIASM, AND STARTED WRITING A SCRIPT. IT TOOK ME TWO YEARS.