Happy birthday, dear Tramp Celebrating Chaplin's life and work as
his alter-ego turns 100 George Bernard Shaw called him "The only
genius to come out of the movie industry." From Alaska to Zimbabwe,
his "Tramp" is still the most recognized silhouette in the world
100 years after its creation. He owns the bowler hat and toothbrush
moustache combo. He is, of course, the incomparable Charlie
Chaplin, and this is the ultimate book on his life and work. Within
a year of arriving in Hollywood in 1914, British-born Chaplin,
playing the Tramp, had become the slapstick king of America. By the
end of his second year on the silver screen, Chaplin's fame had
spread worldwide he was the first international film star resulting
in a million dollar contract that made him one of the richest men
in the world. With his own studio and his stock company of close
collaborators, Chaplin began making his greatest movies: The Kid
(1921), The Gold Rush (1925), The Circus (1928), City Lights
(1931), Modern Times (1936), and The Great Dictator (1940) an
unassailable collection of work that has enshrined him in the
collective consciousness of world culture. Chaplin was reluctant to
talk about his working methods, perhaps because he worked
instinctually rather than methodically. For the first time, using
the complete resources of Chaplin's vast archives, this book
follows the making of every one of Chaplin's films. From the
impromptu spontaneity of his early shorts, many filmed in a day, to
the meticulous retakes and reworking of scenes and gags in his
classic movies, we can see how Chaplin takes the caricature figure
of the Tramp and turns him into a living character. Becoming the
most famous man in the world meant that Chaplin lived life in the
spotlight. His meetings with great figures like Albert Einstein,
Gandhi, and Henry Ford, as well as his personal life and political
statements, were reported worldwide. Yet Chaplin's philosophy,
which he animated through his films, remained consistent throughout
his life and career. The Tramp is the ultimate underdog, the
working man, the individual trying to survive economic depression,
two World Wars, and the Cold War. Whatever crises life threw at
him, the Tramp shrugged it off, straightened his shoulders, and
walked off into a brighter future. Celebrating 100 years of "the
Tramp," the most famous character in cinema history Made with
unrestricted access to the Chaplin archives, this XL tome recounts
his entire life history in words and pictures Among the 1,200
images are many previously unseen stills, on-set photos, memos,
documents, storyboards, posters, and designs, plus scripts and
images for unmade films Includes Chaplin's personal letters to his
brother Sydney at key moments in his life Like the best-selling The
James Bond Archives, the text is an oral history, told from the
point of view of Chaplin himself, drawing upon his extensive
writings, many of which have never been reprinted before. This is
supplemented by interviews with some of his closest collaborators.
Draws upon over 150 books of press clippings in Chaplin's archives,
which range from his early days in music halls to his death
Includes Chaplin's short films, from Making a Living (1914) to The
Pilgrim (1923), as well as all of his feature-length movies, from
The Kid (1921) to A Countess from Hong Kong (1967) The first
printing of the book includes a film strip from the classic City
Lights (1931) cut from a print in Chaplin's archives Sketches from
Chaplin's original storyboard of The Great Dictator"
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