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Chaplin: a Life

By Stephen , Weissman

Book information

Publisher
Arcade Publishing;Skyhorse Publishing
Year
2011
ISBN
9781611450408, 1611450403
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
4 MB (4171620 bytes)
Pages
343 pages\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
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Description

"Chaplin is arguably the single most important artist produced by the cinema," wrote film critic Andrew Sarris. Born in London in 1889, Charlie Chaplin grew up in dire poverty. Severe alcoholism cut short his father's flourishing career, and his beloved mother first lost her voice, then her mind, to syphilis. How did this poor, lonely child, committed to the Hanwell School for the Orphaned and Destitute, become such an extraordinary comedian, known and celebrated worldwide? Dr. Stephen M. Weissman brilliantly illuminates both the screen legend himself and the turbulent era that shaped him.

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