"Chaplin's """"Limelight"""" and the Music Hall Tradition"

Author:   Frank Scheide ,  Hooman Mehran
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
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9780786424252


Pages:   228
Publication Date:   28 September 2006
Format:   Paperback
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"Chaplin's """"Limelight"""" and the Music Hall Tradition"


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"Charles Spencer Chaplin was a stage performer before he was a filmmaker, and it was in English music hall that he learned 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. As a parallel to Chaplin's past, the film was set in 1914, the year he left the musical revue stage for a Hollywood career. 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 Featuring contributions from the world's top Chaplin and music hall historians, as well as previously unpublished interviews with collaborators who worked on """"Limelight"""", the book offers new insight into one of Chaplin's most important pictures, and the British form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. Essays consider how and why Chaplin made """"Limelight"""", other artists who came out of English music hall, and the film's international appeal, among other topics. 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."

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Author:   Frank Scheide ,  Hooman Mehran
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.340kg
ISBN:  

9780786424252


ISBN 10:   0786424257
Pages:   228
Publication Date:   28 September 2006
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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Frank Scheide is associate professor of film history and criticism at the University of Arkansas. He lives in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Hooman Mehran lives in New York City. Dan Kamin trained Robert Downey, Jr., for his Oscar-nominated performance in Chaplin. He lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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