The Beverly Hills home of silent screen star Charlie Chaplin, which was built for him in 1922 by his own studios and used until he moved to Switzerland about 1950, has been listed at $5 million.
The Mediterranean-style estate - with four bedrooms and three maid's rooms in about 11,000 square feet - is now owned by the republic of the Philippines, which took title in April."We filed a litigation case against (the late former Philippines President) Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos to recover all of the assets they allegedly stole from the government, and one of the properties was this one, which they bought (in the early 1980s) under the name of (actor) George Hamilton," said Mike Alejandrino, a local representative of a Philippines government commission.
"When the Marcoses were taken out of power, they claimed that their properties were in foreclosure and that George Hamilton didn't own this one anymore, so we had to go after the corporations that claimed to own it, and those corporations were owned by (former Saudi arms dealer) Adnan Khashoggi."
To settle a Los Angeles civil lawsuit against him, Khashoggi agreed to turn over any properties that were in his name but were actually owned by the Marcoses.
The Beverly Hills house turned out to be the only such property, the spokesman said, and Khashoggi quit-claimed it to the Philippines government.