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Charlie Chaplin vs. America : when art, sex, and politics collided / Scott Eyman.
Van Pelt Library PN2287.C5 E96 2023
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Eyman, Scott, 1951- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chaplin, Charlie, 1889-1977--Exile.
- Chaplin, Charlie.
- Chaplin, Charlie, 1889-1977.
- Motion picture actors and actresses--United States--Biography.
- Motion picture actors and actresses.
- Comedians--United States--Biography.
- Comedians.
- Exile (Punishment).
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 416 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white), portraits ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Other Title:
- Charlie Chaplin versus America
- When art, sex, and politics collided
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Simon & Schuster, 2023.
- Summary:
- "The story of Charlie Chaplin's years of self-imposed exile from the United States, when he had become a pariah during the 1950s Red Scare. While living abroad he made his last, and by general agreement, worst films, only to return home years later to a triumphant reception"-- Provided by publisher.
- In the aftermath of World War Two, Charlie Chaplin was criticized for being politically liberal and internationalist in outlook. He had never become a US citizen, something that would be held against him as xenophobia set in when the postwar Red Scare took hold. Politics aside, Chaplin had another problem: his sexual interest in young women. He had been married three times and had had numerous affairs. In the 1940s he was the subject of a paternity suit, which he lost, despite blood tests that proved he was not the father. His sexuality became a convenient way for those who opposed his politics to condemn him. Refused permission to return to the US from a trip abroad, he settled in Switzerland, and made his last two films in London. Eyman explores the life and times of the movie genius-- and of an America consumed by political turmoil. -- adapted from jacket
- Contents:
- Prologue
- Part one
- Part two
- Part three
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-394) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781982176358
- 1982176350
- 9781982176365
- 1982176369
- OCLC:
- 1369678931
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