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The Essential Chaplin

Perspectives on the Life and Art of the Great Comedian

By Schickel, Richard

Publishers Summary:
In this collection of some thirty essays, Richard Schickel has selected the most provocative and insightful criticisms of Chaplin's life and work, from the great comedian's beginnings through his early features, his mid-life crisis, and his late films. Mr. Schickel, the last critic to study Chaplin intensively (for his award-winning documentary film of a year ago), offers a long Introduction.

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978-1-56663-701-5
Publisher
Ivan R. Dee, Publisher


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Reviewed on November 1, 2006

Adult/High School A fascinating compilation. The range of writers of these 33 selections is amazingly wide, and the whole reads as an overview of professional critics and the evolution of the genre. Among the who's who are Andrew Sarris, Alistair Cooke, Robert E. Sherwood, Alexander Woollcott, Winston Churchill, Graham Greene, and James Agee; several othe...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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