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On February 16, 1951, two lawyers-turned-producers Arthur Krim ( of Eagle-Lion Films ) and Robert Benjamin approached Pickford and Chaplin with a wild idea: let them take over United Artists for five years.

If, at the end of those five years, UA was profitable, they would be given an option to buy the company.

Since UA was barely alive, Pickford saw nothing to lose and agreed.

Chaplin was against the deal, but changed his mind in late 1952 when the US government revoked his re-entry visa while he was in London for the UK premiere of Limelight.

He sold his remaining shares of UA several years later.