Charlot : Charlie Chaplin, France, and transnational stardom / Melvyn Stokes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stokes, Melvyn, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chaplin, Charlie, 1889-1977--Appreciation--France.

Chaplin, Charlie.

Chaplin, Charlie, 1889-1977.

Politics in motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Other Title:

Charlie Chaplin, France, and transnational stardom

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2026]

Summary:

The first films made by British comedian Charlie Chaplin in California reached France in March 1915. They had an instant appeal for wartime French audiences - 'Charlot,' the name under which Chaplin became known in France, quickly became a screen celebrity and a focal point for France's burgeoning film culture. His supporters ranged from members of the working-class through film writers such as Louis Delluc, who wrote the first book on Chaplin as an artist in any language, to members of the French literary avant-garde.

Contents:

The birth of Charlot : Charlie Chaplin in France, 1915-21

“Charlot is in Paris” : 1921

Charlot in the 1920s : a growing reputation

Chaplin and the surrealists

Chaplin in France : 1931

Economic depression and war

Chaplin after Charlot : from Cold War to exile

Europe and renaissance.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Online resource; title from home page (Oxford Academic, viewed May 5, 2026).

Other Format:

Print version: Stokes, Melvyn. Charlot

ISBN:

9780197839294

0197839290

OCLC:

1574216177

Publisher Number:

CIPO000355270

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license