About Chaplin Review
The Chaplin Review is a book series offering in-depth analysis and research on Charles Chaplin (1889-1977), his films, his times and his influence. Contributors include many of the world's leading authorities on Chaplin and early film comedy.This website is also a developing Chaplin resource, taking little known articles and footnotes, and restoring them into the Chaplin history.
Vol 2: Chaplin's "Limelight" and the Music Hall Tradition
Charles
Spencer Chaplin was a stage performer before he was a film maker and it was
in English music hall that he learnt the rudiments of his art. The last film
he made in the United States, Limelight, was a tribute to the music
hall days of his youth. This collection of essays examines Limelight
and the history of English music hall. Featuring contributions from the world's
top Chaplin and music hall historians, as well as previously unpublished interviews
with collaborators who worked on Limelight, the book offers new insight
into one of Chaplin's most important pictures, and the British form of entertainment
that inspired it. The book is filled with rare photographs, many published
for the first time, sourced from the Chaplin archives and the private collections
of other performers and co-stars.
How to order: Volume 2 can be ordered from McFarland and Company publishers as well as Amazon.com!
Volume 3, 'The Mutual Years and the Mechanics of Comedy',
is currently being prepared for a 2007 release. The editors now welcome
any proposals, submissions or suggestions for this volume.
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To contact the
editors, send an e-mail to: editors@chaplinreview.com
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