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Chaplin: His Life And Art
David Robinson
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Description for Chaplin: His Life And Art
Paperback. Charlie Chaplin is the greatest icon in the history of cinema, who lived one of the most dramatic rags to riches stories ever told. Chaplin's life was marked by extraordinary contrasts: the child of London slums who became a multimillionaire; and the on-screen clown who was a driven perfectionist behind the camera. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 928 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 201 x 45. Weight in Grams: 756.
David Robinson's definitive and monumental biography of Charlie Chaplin, the greatest icon in the history of cinema, who lived one of the most dramatic rags to riches stories ever told.
Chaplin's life was marked by extraordinary contrasts: the child of London slums who became a multimillionaire; the on-screen clown who was a driven perfectionist behind the camera; the adulated star who publicly fell from grace after personal and political scandal. This engrossing and definitive work, written with full access to Chaplin's archives, tells the whole story of a brilliant, complex man.
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Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
699g
Number of Pages
1008
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141977508
SKU
V9780141977508
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About David Robinson
David Robinson is a celebrated film critic and historian who wrote for The Times and the Financial Times for several decades. His many books include World Cinema, Hollywood in the Twenties and Buster Keaton.
Reviews for Chaplin: His Life And Art
A marvellous book . . . unlikely ever to be surpassed
Spectator
I cannot imagine how anyone could write a better book on the great complex subject . . . movingly entertaining, awesomely thorough and profoundly respectful
Sunday Telegraph
One of the great cinema books; a labour of love and a splendid achievement
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Spectator
I cannot imagine how anyone could write a better book on the great complex subject . . . movingly entertaining, awesomely thorough and profoundly respectful
Sunday Telegraph
One of the great cinema books; a labour of love and a splendid achievement
Variety
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