the tramp was here the whole time. >> the legend of charlie chaplin.s for joining us here on this wednesday night. we'll see you back here tomorrow. >> bye-bye. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- amy poehler, zendaya,

it appears that charlie chaplin knew the way to san jose. ory is discovered and it is leading historians to silicon valley. scott budman. >> reporter: chaplin's way to be one of the biggest figures in movie history. >> this is charlie chaplin in 1915, filming a night out and now we know it is a night out in san jose. >> here is the building that provided the backdrop. the tower on post and market streets built in 1903 and now getting its close up. >> they pin down the exact location, that's quite a thrill. david keen dedicated to chaplin's legacy. >> there is always things discovered and after so much that's written of charlie chaplin and finding something new about him was a big moment. >> reporter: it was a big moment for chaplin of a $60,000 salary. >> making him as the biggest paid in the world. >> reporter: oakland's 13th street made an appearance as well. >> the film industry was moved mostly to california at this point. the alcatara is now home to a tech company. >> electric cloud. a start up that did not know about the chaplin legacy

one of the most pa moufamous ac but we're learning something new about charlie chaplin and this scenem one of his movies. san jose to be exact. scott budman takes us to the building where chaplin filmed before his career took off. it's a story we'll see on nbc bay area. >> reporter: the building behind me has the rustic look but since chaplin filmed here, things have changed and technology has taken over. charlie chaplin's a night out is 10 two years old. ♪ ♪ >> the san jose building that served as a background for part of the movie is even older. the building on post and market street built in 1903 is about to get a little more famous. >> he was becoming the biggest star in america at this moment. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: but just recently film historians realized it appears in a night out making it the latest part of chaplin's bay area legacy. >> there is always things being discovered and so much it's been written about to find something new about him is really amazing. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: and san jose isn't the only bay area city in the film. another scene takes place along 13th street in oa

legacy. >> there's always things being discovered and after so much that has been written about charlie chaplin, to find something new about him is really amazing. >> reporter: it was a big moment for chaplin. about to achieve superstardom and a $600,000 a year salary. >> making him one of the highest paid people in the world. >> reporter: and san jose isn't the only bay area city in the film. oakland's 13th street makes an appearance as well. >> the film industry, you know, was already moved mostly to california at this point. >> reporter: and the alcontera is now home to a tech company. >> feels more like a home for our company it's nice. >> reporter: electric cloud. a start-up that says it didn't about the chaplin legacy but appreciates what he did. >> totally innovative what he was doing. even the distribution methods he came up with. so that he could own the rights to his film. >> reporter: a piece of movie history with a local foundation. another bit of chaplin movie history. edna who made her debut in "a night" here went on to make more than 30 movies with chaplin. scott budman, nbc bay

scott budman is being linked to charlie chaplin. >> reporter: we've just learned that the building behindwas a pretty big stepping stone in cha chaplin career. on his way to being one of the biggest figures in movie history. this is charlie chaplin in 1915 filming "a night out" and now we know it's a night out in san jose. here is the building that provided the backdrop. the al contara built in 1903 and just now getting a closeup. >> pinned down the exact location is quite a thrill. >> david runs a bay area museum dedicated to his legacy. >> there is always things being discovered and after so much that's been written about charlie chaplin to find something new about him is really amazing. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: it was a big moment for chaplin about to achieve super stardom and a $600,000 a year salary. >> making him one of the highest paid people in the world. >> reporter: and san jose isn't the only bay area city in the film. oakland's 13th street makes an appearance, as well. >> the film industry, you know, was already moved mostly to california at this point. >> reporter: the building is no

the tramp was here the whole time. >> the legend of charlie chaplin. thanks for joining us here on this wednesday night. we'll see you back here tomorrow. >> bye-bye. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- amy poehler, zendaya, musical guest imagine dragons, and featuring the legendary roots crew. >> questlove: 696! >> steve: and now, here he is, jimmy fallon! ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: looking good! looking good out there. hey, everyone. welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, to the "the tonight show." this is it, baby. [ cheers and applause ] all new. all fresh. here's what people are talking about, guys. the white house is reportedly taking sean spicer off of all press briefings and moving him to a more senior role focused on strategy. [ laughter ] which i think is the political version of saying someone's moving to a farm upstate. [ laughter and applause ] you know what i'm saying. sa

charlie chaplin considered one of the geniuses of cinema. the odd thing is inga plugged in so many different parts of the world, it's a very wild trip but she turned out to be a great actress so she decided to do something different and she always enjoyed writing. she had a great deal of time so she went to newspapers and said would you give me press credentials so that i can become a foreign respondent in nazi germany because that was where all the world's attention was focused. there was a great interest in what hitler was doing. germany had been on his knees after world war i, mired in a terribledepression with the staggering inflation , for your inflation, but for digit inflation and yet hitler turned everything around so everybody wanted to go to germany and find out why this was inga became a foreign correspondent for a couple danish newspapers and again because of her considerably charm, he became accepted in the higher catalogs of nazi society and eventually got to exclusive interviews with adolf hitler, both of which got internation

nauseous as big charlie chaplin ask of a man he's very funny very endearing but is a deep sadness inside him. and ruben is the sweet boy and they have this chemistry where just by making a face. they cannot show all of the dynamic in a motion that the board of their father and a son. motion. since i was a commander conclusion intellectual. nearly all the donald hickman. and you did film aims to be the day genuine article. these people speak yiddish everyday lives that if they're going to have to get home and to have hollywood actor speaking in english. would have just felt so phony that i don't even know what the point making some would have been. i gather that you don't speak yiddish so wasn't it rather difficult in a way to direct a film that's in yiddish. we wrote that the script in english and then we had translators translate into yiddish. we get issue is such. a language that block by block neighborhood by neighborhood. family my family speaks differently so we'd have huge talmudic debates about what the correct words wher. how to say sir certain things? bust this low budget film f

a charlie chaplin-esque. >> there was a guy in my school named terry austin.he used to say things to you in school. he'd say things like, after school i'm going to bite off your foot. and you believe him because he always walk around with a shoe in his mouth. >> in the early '60s richard pryor is very much trying to imitate the success of bill cosby but richard pryor, of course, is not bill cosby. by the late '60s he's actually quite frustrated because he's not been able to fully articulate his own voice. there's this famous story, a legend, perhaps, of richard pryor in las vegas deciding he'd had enough. >> dad had that moment. it was being on stage and telling these jokes. you look around and the audience is like predominantly white and you're like, i have something, though, i really need to be saying. and there was that moment of, screw this. well, a 103 how long did it take you two to save that? a long time. then it's a fortune. i told you we had a fortune. get closer to your investment goals with a conversation. and when youod sugar is a replace one meal.

. >> there's charlie chaplin. okay, okay -- nothing about meeting hitler or being a spy. still, it dawns on barry that the most valuable thing edith bequeathed to him could be her story -- now his. >> i had an agent contact me about writing a book, and she actually talked me into doing it. >> you ever write a book before? >> no, never written a book before, and she got me a ghostwriter, and we did it that way. >> what's the story? >> the story is basically about edith and myself and our little adventure and then the lessons that i learned. >> "under one roof" gets barry a $75,000 advance from the publisher. and that's not all. >> actually in the process of making a deal with fox searchlight. >> did you ever think you'd be making a book and a movie about all this? >> no. i just about fall down on the floor laughing because it's hysterical to me. >> i think it could work. i'm picturing a "driving miss daisy" type of guy meets a female forrest gump and they go on a real-life "up" adventure. and definitely got to give

i think something with charlie chaplin. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: is that right? >> yeah.nd of -- maybe you forget what the moviegoer experiences. >> i did go to a movie. i saw "silence of the lambs" in atlantic city years ago. and with an audience. but nobody knew i was there. and i was with -- i was doing a film. and somebody said would you come to the theater with me? so i went there. and i hid in the back. then the lights went out. there was a big storm. and someone in front of me said, "it's a blackout. i think hannibal lecter's in the theater." she turned around and went "oh, my god, he [ applause ] >> jimmy: wow, that's pretty crazy. last time you were here, and correct me if i'm wrong, you were talking about "american idol" and how much you love that show. >> yeah. >> jimmy: and then it went off the air. do you remember adam lambert? >> yes, i do. great stuff. >> jimmy: he's here tonight playing with queen. >> oh, he's here? >> jimmy: yeah. maybe you can get a selfie with him. >> he's phenomenal. what i loved about that show was so much young talent. you know, that