Nothing is permanent in this wicked world - not even our troubles. -Charlie Chaplin

Charlie Chaplin shares the shoe with Big Jim McKay, played by Mack Swain. The Donner Summit Historical Society explains that the prop was made of licorice by an English company. To get the scene just as he wanted, Chaplin did 63 takes in three days. This resulted in him being hospitalized for insulin shock

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