Best Charlie Chaplin Biography - April 2024

Charlie Chaplin: A Life From Beginning to End (Biographies of Actors Book 3)

Charlie Chaplin* * *Download for FREE on Kindle Unlimited + Free BONUS Inside!* * *Read On Your Computer, MAC, Smartphone, Kindle Reader, iPad, or Tablet.Charlie Chaplin is most famously known for his “tramp” character—the homeless hobo that can be seen hopping from trains and lining up in the soup kitchens of the Great Depression. At a time when the whole world was struggling from economic meltdown, Charlie Chaplin made “destitute” a term of endearment. We may laugh when we see Charlie Chaplin so broke that he has to boil his shoes and eat them, but during the worst parts of the eco... [Read More]

• ASIN: B074P5K9MQ
• ASIN: B074P5K9MQ

Chaplin: His Life and Art

• ASIN: 0306806002
• ASIN: 0306806002
• ISBN: 0306806002
• Manufacturer: Da Capo Press

Charlie Chaplin's Red Letter Days: At Work with the Comic Genius

By the end of 1914, Charlie Chaplin had become the most popular actor in films, and reporters were clamoring for interviews with the comedy sensation. But no reporter had more access than Fred Goodwins. A British actor who joined Chaplin’s stock company in early 1915, Goodwins began writing short accounts of life at the studio and submitted them to publications. In February 1916 the British magazine Red Letter published the first of what became a series of more than thirty-five of Goodwins’s articles. Written in breezy prose, the articles cover a two-year period during which Chaplin’s po... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1442278080
• ASIN: 1442278080
• ISBN: 1442278080
• Brand: Rowman Littlefield Publishers
• Manufacturer: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Charlie Chaplin: Interviews (Conversations With Filmmakers Series)

In late 1914, Charlie Chaplin's name first began appearing on marquees. By the end of the following year, moviegoers couldn't get enough of him and his iconic persona, the Little Tramp. Perpetually outfitted with baggy pants, a limp cane, and a dusty bowler hat, the character became so beloved that Chaplin was mobbed by fans, journalists, and critics at every turn.Although he never particularly liked giving interviews, he accepted the demands of his stardom, giving detailed responses about his methods of making movies. He quickly progressed from making two-reel shorts to feature-length masterp... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1578067022
• ASIN: 1578067022
• ISBN: 1578067022
• Manufacturer: University Press of Mississippi

Hollywood's 10 Greatest Actors: Humphrey Bogart, Cary Grant, Jimmy Stewart, Marlon Brando, Fred Astaire, Henry Fonda, Clark Gable, James Cagney, Spencer Tracy, and Charlie Chaplin

*Includes pictures. *Includes actors' quotes about their careers. *Includes bibliographies. In 1999, the American Film Institute released its list of the 50 greatest Hollywood stars of the 20th century, and selecting the 10 best actors out of the bunch was certainly a tall task. The competition was so stacked that men like Gary Cooper and John Wayne were not even among the Top 10. So who were the Top 10 men selected by the AFI? One man has long been considered the greatest male star. From the time he first became a leading man, Humphrey Bogart’s screen image has resonated with viewers mor... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1494702924
• ASIN: 1494702924
• ISBN: 1494702924
• Manufacturer: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Sir Charlie: Chaplin, the Funniest Man in the World

See him? That little tramp twitching a postage stamp of a mustache, politely lifting his bowler hat, and leaning on a bamboo cane with the confidence of a gentleman? A slapstick comedian, he blazed forth as the brightest movie star in the Hollywood heavens.Everyone knew Charlie—Charlie Chaplin. When he was five years old he was pulled onstage for the first time, and he didn't step off again for almost three-quarters of a century. Escaping the London slums of his tragic childhood, he took Hollywood like a conquistador with a Cockney accent. With his gift for pantomime in films that had not ye... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0061896403
• ASIN: 0061896403
• ISBN: 9780061896408
• Manufacturer: Greenwillow Books

Chaplin: Genius Of The Cinema

A noted film historian and expert on silent film comedy presents an in-depth, richly illustrated account of the life and career of the immortal Charlie Chaplin, drawing on material from the Chaplin family archives and tracing the life anc career of the legendary actor in five hundred photographs that capture Chaplin's seven decades of creative accomplishments.

• ASIN: 0810945320
• ASIN: 0810945320
• ISBN: 9780810945326
• Brand: Brand: Harry N. Abrams
• Manufacturer: Harry N. Abrams

Leading Men: The 50 Most Unforgettable Actors of the Studio Era

Tough, sophisticated, witty, and handsome from Rudolph Valentino to Buster Keaton, Cary Grant to Jimmy Stewart, Humphrey Bogart to Steve McQueen, each of the actors featured in this book brought a magnetic presence to the screen and made a powerful and enduring mark on film history. Produced by Turner Classic Movies, this stylish and definitive guide as the inside scoop and off-the-record reveals of fifty unforgettable actors and is also the focus of an on-air film festival on the channel. The lives and accomplishments of each actor are celebrated in an insightful career overview, accompanied ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0811854671
• ASIN: 0811854671
• ISBN: 0811854671
• Brand: Brand: Chronicle Books
• Manufacturer: Chronicle Books

The Girls in the Picture: A Novel

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Swans of Fifth Avenue and The Aviator’s Wife, a “rich exploration of two Hollywood friends who shaped the movies” (USA Today)—screenwriter Frances Marion and superstar Mary Pickford “Full of Old Hollywood glamour and true details about the pair’s historic careers . . . a captivating ode to a legendary bond.”—Real SimpleNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY REAL SIMPLE It is 1914, and twenty-five-year-old Frances Marion has left her (second) husband and her Northern California home for the lure of Los Angeles, where she is... [Read More]

• ASIN: B0718VC4MV
• ASIN: B0718VC4MV
• Manufacturer: Delacorte Press

Got a Revolution!: The Turbulent Flight of Jefferson Airplane

The most successful and influential rock band to emerge from San Francisco during the 1960s, Jefferson Airplane created the sound of a generation. Their smash hits "Somebody to Love" and "White Rabbit" virtually invented the era's signature pulsating psychedelic music and, during one of the most tumultuous times in American history, came to personify the decade's radical counterculture. In this groundbreaking biography of the band, veteran music writer and historian Jeff Tamarkin produces a portrait of the band like none that has come before it. Having worked closely with Jefferson Airplane fo... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0671034049
• ASIN: 0671034049
• ISBN: 0671034049
• Brand: Brand: Atria Books
• Manufacturer: Atria Books

Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow: My Life

In her first memoir, the Academy Award–winning actress Sophia Loren tells her incredible life story from the struggles of her childhood in war-torn Naples to her life as a screen legend, icon of elegance, and devoted mother.In her acting career spanning more than six decades, Sophia Loren became known for her striking beauty and dramatic roles with famed costars Cary Grant, Frank Sinatra, Marlon Brando, Gregory Peck, Jack Lemmon, and Paul Newman. The luminous Italian movie star was the first artist to win an Oscar for a foreign language performance, after which she continued a vibrant and va... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1476797420
• ASIN: 1476797420
• ISBN: 1476797420
• Brand: Atria Books
• Manufacturer: Atria Books

Chaplin: A Life

An intimate portrait of the eminent silent-film star offers insight into the pivotal role of childhood tragedies in forming his personality and art, in an account that describes the poverty and parental alcoholism that marked his early years, his first achievements in British music halls, and his sudden success in America.

• ASIN: 1559708921
• ASIN: 1559708921
• ISBN: 1559708921
• Manufacturer: Arcade Publishing

Letters of the Century: America 1900-1999

"Immediate and evocative, letters witness and fasten history, catching events as they happen," write Lisa Grunwald and Stephen J. Adler in their introduction to this remarkable book.  In more than 400 letters from both famous figures and ordinary citizens, Letters of the Century encapsulates the people and places, events and trends that shaped our nation during the last 100 years.Here is Mark Twain's hilarious letter of complaint to the head of Western Union, an ecstatic letter from a young Charlie Chaplin upon receiving his first movie contract, Einstein's letter to Franklin Roosevelt warni... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0385315937
• ASIN: 0385315937
• ISBN: 0385315937
• Manufacturer: Dial Press Trade Paperback

My Wonderful World Of Slapstick (A Da Capo paperback)

Buster Keaton's autobiography is a view into the quirky mind behind the stoic face of the legendary film comedian.

• ASIN: 0306801787
• ASIN: 0306801787
• ISBN: 0306801787
• Manufacturer: Da Capo Press

Charlie Chaplin: Intimate Close-Ups (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series)

Many remember Charlie Chaplin's comic masterpiece, The Gold Rush, as the finest blend of comedy and farce ever brought to the screen. Far fewer remember its heroine, Georgia Hale (1900-1985).Seventy years after the film's appearance, Heather Kiernan brings Georgia Hale back to life in this edition of her hitherto unpublished memoirs. Research work embodied in her perceptive introduction clears up many uncertainties about Hale's life and provides an outline of her most significant years.Hale's own chief purpose was to describe her long and close relationship with Chaplin and his dual personalit... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1578860040
• ASIN: 1578860040
• ISBN: 1578860040
• Brand: Brand: Scarecrow Press
• Manufacturer: Scarecrow Press

Sir Charlie : Chaplin, the Funniest Man in the World

A Newbery Medalist presents one of the most compelling rags-to-riches stories of modern times, in this biography of the legendary Little Tramp, Charlie Chaplin. Includes archival prints and

• UPC: 13011710
• Rating: 4.0

The Best of Charlie Chaplin (DVD)

One of the most recognizable faces in the history of cinema, the Tramp serves up his comedy with poised grace and creative genius in thirty groundbreaking

• UPC: 14312037
• Color: YOther

The Best of Charlie Chaplin (DVD)

With his renowned acting, directing, composing, and writing career that spanned more than fifty years, Academy Award winning silent screen star Charlie Chaplin has left a legacy that modern artists and filmmakers still study

• UPC: 37065139
• Color: YOther
• Rating: 4.0

Smile: How Young Charlie Chaplin Taught the World to Laugh (and Cry)

9780763697617

• UPC: 806361399
• Rating: 4.4

Who Was Charlie Chaplin?

For use in schools and libraries only. Readers will learn all about the comic genius who created "The Little Tramp"! Charlie Chaplin sang on a London stage for the first time at the age of

• UPC: 929146685
• Rating: 5.0

Charlie Chaplin's Own Story

LIFE itself is a comedy - a slap-stick comedy at that. It is always hitting you over the head with the unexpected. You reach to get the thing you want - slap! bang! It's gone!

• UPC: 513074659

Charlie Chaplin and His Times

Charlie Chaplin and His Times...

• UPC: 23078093
• Rating: 4.0

Charlie Chaplin and His Times

CHARLIE CHAPLIN AND HIS TIMES - LYNN, KENNETH

• UPC: 29325333
• Rating: 4.0

Charlie Chaplin and His Times

With the psychologically penetrating insight that marked his award-winning "Hemingway", Lynn probes beneath the mystique of the "Little Tramp", the first true worldwide celebrity, whose unmatched comic genius masked a complex, sometimes tragic life. of

• UPC: 35572065
• Rating: 4.0

Pocket Bios: Charlie Chaplin

A colorfully illustrated, pocket-size picture book biography of actor and silent film legend Charlie

• UPC: 788190759

A DOG'S LIFE, original 1918 silent Lobby Card, CHARLIE CHAPLIN, Best Scene Card

• UPC: 173337333976
• Category: Pre-1940
• Price: 524 USD