Overview

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 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 Featuring contributions from the world's top Chaplin and music hall historians, as well as previously unpublished interviews with collaborators who worked on Limelight, the book offers new insight into one of Chaplin's most important pictures and the British form of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 ,  Dan Kamin
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.313kg
ISBN:  

9780786424252

ISBN 10:   0786424257
Pages:   228
Publication Date:   12 October 2006
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments      Introduction      Part I. The Making of Limelight Limelight—An Annotated Commentary      Not Quite According to Plan: Chaplin, Keaton and the Production of Limelight      The Three Ages of Limelight      The Ghostly Absence of “The Armless Wonder”: Afterthoughts on a Last-Minute Cut      Part II. The Limelight interviews Eugène Lourié      Claire Bloom      Melissa Hayden      Julian Ludwig      Jerome Epstein      Yodogawa Nagaharu      Part III. The Music Hall Tradition Chaplin Tribute to the Theater of his Youth      The Identity of Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century Music Hall, Limelight and the Tragedy of the Rejected Performer      Dashing with Eva Lester on the Road to Ruin      Leo Dryden and “The Miner’s Dream of Home”      The Mysterious Marceline      Harlequin in the New World      Music Hall Hollywood—Part I      Part IV. Featured Articles and Reviews Who’s Who in the Chaplin Keystones      Chaplin on Radio—Part II      New DVD Releases of Chaplin Films      About the Contributors      Index     

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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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