Charlie Chaplin was an avid supporter and speaker of sign language, which is how he and Helen Keller ended up becoming friends. Chaplin historian JeTamme Derouet describes the pair meeting in Hollywood during one of Miss Keller's speaking tours:
"They spent most of the day off alone together and they smiled and laughed a lot like they had their own private world, just walking the studio lot and talking privately together. (The picture seen here) is of her holding her hand to his mouth t