denial

Charlie Chaplin, 1915

"As late as 1931, Charlie Chaplin was still fighting the move to sound. In an interview that year, he proclaimed 'I give the talkies six months more.' Chaplin's powerful audience appeal and craftsmanship were such that he was able to make successful silent movies throughout the 1930s. However, even Charlie Chaplin couldn't hold out forever. Chaplin finally surrendered to spoken dialogue with The Great Dictator in 1940."

- Andy Grove illustrating an Inflection Point in Only the Paranoid Survive, 1997, p. 61

An earlier reference to Chaplin here.

An earlier reference to Grove here.