Charlie Chaplin had to go to the Hospital after eating that black licorice Boot
“Das Boot”
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The Gold Rush
The scene where The Lone Prospector and Big Jim have a boot for supper took three days and 63 takes to suit director Charles Chaplin. The boot was made of licorice, and Chaplin was later rushed to a hospital suffering insulin shock. The boot was made by the firm of Hillaby’s in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England; Pontefract is famous for growing licorice and making it into “Pomfret [Pontefract] Cakes”.
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