Chaplin
His Life And Art
$45.82
- Paperback
1008 pages
- Release Date
13 January 2014
Summary
The definitive and monumental biography of Chaplin, first published in 1985.
The greatest icon in the history of cinema, Charlie Chaplin lived one of the most dramatic rags to riches stories ever told. His 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 definiti…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141977508 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141977507 |
| Author: | David Robinson |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 1008 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 13 January 2014 |
| Weight: | 700g |
| Dimensions: | 201mm x 135mm x 47mm |
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A marvellous book … unlikely ever to be surpassed
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 * Variety *One of those addictive biographies in which you start by looking in the index for items that interest you … and as dawn breaks you’re reading the book from cover to cover * Financial Times *
About The Author
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.
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