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Charlie Chaplin : a brief life / Peter Ackroyd.
Van Pelt Library PN2287.C5 A48 2014b
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ackroyd, Peter, 1949- author.
- Series:
- Ackroyd, Peter, 1949- Ackroyd's brief lives
- Ackroyd's brief lives
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chaplin, Charlie, 1889-1977.
- Chaplin, Charlie.
- Motion picture actors and actresses--United States--Biography.
- Motion picture actors and actresses.
- United States.
- Comedians--United States--Biography.
- Comedians.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 289 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, 2014.
- Summary:
- A concise portrait of the iconic film star traces his humble theatrical beginnings through his honorary Academy Award win, sharing anecdotes about his lesser-known antics and associations.
- Contents:
- A London childhood
- On stage
- Keep it wistful
- Making a living
- The rhythm
- The eternal imp
- Charlee!
- Mutual relations
- The little mouse
- The ostrich egg
- Home again
- Why don't you jump?
- The edge of madness
- The beauty of silence
- The machine
- The German tramp
- Let us work and fight
- Proceed with the butchery
- No return
- The shadows.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-278) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780385537377
- 0385537379
- OCLC:
- 868640340
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