Charlie Chaplin S Last Dance
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Charlie Chaplin S Last Dance
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Author : Fabio Stassi
language : en
Publisher: Portobello Books
Release Date : 2014-04-03
Charlie Chaplin S Last Dance written by Fabio Stassi and has been published by Portobello Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-03 with Fiction categories.
'A day without laughter is a day wasted.' It is Christmas Day when Charlie Chaplin receives a visit from Death. The great actor is 82 years old, but not yet ready to face the final curtain. Desperate to see his teenage son grow up, the actor strikes a deal: if he manages to make Death laugh, he will win an extra year of life. As he awaits his final, fatal encounter, Chaplin composes an impassioned letter to his son, in which he attempts to tell him about his past, from his impoverished childhood in England (with an alcoholic father and a mother who went mad) to the heights of success on the silver screen in America, via stints in the circus and vaudeville, and odd jobs as a newspaper hawker, printer, boxer and embalmer. As well as being the story of the evolution of a comic genius, this is the story of the evolution of cinema and how a beam of light on a white screen fired the imagination of an entire nation. As in his silent films, Charlie's adventures are simultaneously tragic and comic. The narrative flickers at a frenetic clip from false starts and early failures to eventual triumph in the magical moment when - before the eyes of a stupefied film crew - Charlie became the Tramp: with a little moustache, a shuffling slantwise walk, a cane and a dusty bowler hat, one of the most iconic figures of the golden age of cinema was born.
Last Dance With Valentino
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Author : Daisy Waugh
language : en
Publisher: Speaking Volumes
Release Date :
Last Dance With Valentino written by Daisy Waugh and has been published by Speaking Volumes this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Fiction categories.
One night. One dance. One love to last a lifetime. AS RUDOLPH VALENTINO FIGHTS FOR HIS LIFE, BARRICADES KEEP THE SWARMING FANS AT BAY. ADORED BY MILLIONS OF WOMEN, BUT LOVED BY ONLY ONE ... WILL SHE BE ABLE TO REACH HIM IN TIME? AUGUST 1916 Fleeing war-ravaged London, Jenny Doyle sets sail for New York. As she draws near the soaring skyscrapers her dreams are dashed when she is sent to work for the wealthy de Saulles family. Known as ‘The Box', their home is Gatsby-like in elegance, yet rife with malice and madness. Only her friendship with dancer Rodolfo offers Jenny a glimpse of escape ... until a tragic day when the household is changed forever. AUGUST 1926 America booms, prohibition rules and one man's movie is breaking box office records. Rodolfo has taken his place on the silver screen as Rudolph Valentino when a chance arises for he and Jenny to meet again. Will the world's most desired film star and his lost love have their Hollywood happy ending, or will tragic echoes of their past thwart them one last time?
The Comedy Of Charlie Chaplin
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Author : Dan Kamin
language : en
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Release Date : 2008-09-05
The Comedy Of Charlie Chaplin written by Dan Kamin and has been published by Scarecrow Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-09-05 with Performing Arts categories.
This excursion into the enchanted comic world of Charlie Chaplin will appeal not just to Chaplin fans but to anyone who loves comedy. Dan Kamin brings a unique insider’s perspective to the subject. An internationally acclaimed comic performing artist himself, he trained Robert Downey, Jr. for his Oscar-nominated portrayal in Chaplin, and created Johnny Depp’s physical comedy scenes in Benny and Joon. The Comedy of Charlie Chaplin: Artistry in Motion reveals the inner workings of Chaplin’s mesmerizing art as never before. Kamin illuminates the comedian's incredibly sophisticated visual comedy in disarmingly direct prose, providing new insights into how Chaplin achieved his legendary rapport with audiences and demonstrating why comedy created nearly a century ago remains fresh today. He then presents provocative new interpretations of each of the comedian’s sound films, showing how Chaplin remained true to his silent comedy roots even as he kept reinventing his art for changing times. The book is lavishly illustrated with many never-before-published images of the comedian.
The Last Dance
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Author : Denys Blakeway
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2010-05-13
The Last Dance written by Denys Blakeway and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-05-13 with History categories.
'The year has, indeed, begun in gloom. The King ill, and Kipling dead ...' so wrote the diarist Chips Channon in 1936 as George V lay on his deathbed at Buckingham Palace. The passing of two such pillars of the establishment sent tremors through the nation and heralded the ending of the old order. 1936 was to be an extraordinary year: at home social and constitutional crisis threatened, while in Europe, the dictators were on the march. It was the year of the abdication and civil war in Spain. The tectonic plates of history were shifting - Britain would never be the same again. The Last Dance is told using the accounts of those who lived through this turbulent period. Through extracts from diaries of shopkeepers, socialites, bishops, and volunteers in Spain, and the memoirs of the unemployed, housewives and hostesses, as well as the contemporary accounts of politicians, journalists and poets, Blakeway offers a compelling and vivid account of a turning point in our nation's story.
The Life And Times Of Charlie Chaplin
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Author : Robyn Karney
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
The Life And Times Of Charlie Chaplin written by Robyn Karney and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Comedians categories.
Italian Literature Since 1900 In English Translation 1929 2016
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Author : Robin Healey
language : en
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Release Date : 2019-03-07
Italian Literature Since 1900 In English Translation 1929 2016 written by Robin Healey and has been published by University of Toronto Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-07 with Literary Criticism categories.
Providing the most complete record possible of texts by Italian writers active after 1900, this annotated bibliography covers over 4,800 distinct editions of writings by some 1,700 Italian authors. Many entries are accompanied by useful notes that provide information on the authors, works, translators, and the reception of the translations. This book includes the works of Pirandello, Calvino, Eco, and more recently, Andrea Camilleri and Valerio Manfredi. Together with Robin Healey's Italian Literature before 1900 in English Translation, also published by University of Toronto Press in 2011, this volume makes comprehensive information on translations from Italian accessible for schools, libraries, and those interested in comparative literature.
Charlie Chaplin S Own Story
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Author : Charlie Chaplin
language : en
Publisher: Рипол Классик
Release Date : 1916
Charlie Chaplin S Own Story written by Charlie Chaplin and has been published by Рипол Классик this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1916 with History categories.
Charlie Chaplin Director
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Author : Donna Kornhaber
language : en
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Release Date : 2014-03-05
Charlie Chaplin Director written by Donna Kornhaber and has been published by Northwestern University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-05 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Charlie Chaplin was one of the cinema’s consummate comic performers, yet he has long been criticized as a lackluster film director. In this groundbreaking work—the first to analyze Chaplin’s directorial style—Donna Kornhaber radically recasts his status as a filmmaker. Spanning Chaplin’s career, Kornhaber discovers a sophisticated "Chaplinesque" visual style that draws from early cinema and slapstick and stands markedly apart from later, "classical" stylistic conventions. His is a manner of filmmaking that values space over time and simultaneity over sequence, crafting narrative and meaning through careful arrangement within the frame rather than cuts between frames. Opening up aesthetic possibilities beyond the typical boundaries of the classical Hollywood film, Chaplin’s filmmaking would profoundly influence directors from Fellini to Truffaut. To view Chaplin seriously as a director is to re-understand him as an artist and to reconsider the nature and breadth of his legacy.
Charlie Chaplin
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Author : Theodore Huff
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1972
Charlie Chaplin written by Theodore Huff and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Charlie Chaplin
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Author : Peter Ackroyd
language : en
Publisher: Nan A. Talese
Release Date : 2014-10-28
Charlie Chaplin written by Peter Ackroyd and has been published by Nan A. Talese this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-28 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A brief yet definitive new biography of one of film's greatest legends: perfect for readers who want to know more about the iconic star but who don't want to commit to a lengthy work. He was the very first icon of the silver screen and is one of the most recognizable of Hollywood faces, even a hundred years after his first film. But what of the man behind the moustache? Peter Ackroyd's new biography turns the spotlight on Chaplin's life as well as his work, from his humble theatrical beginnings in music halls to winning an honorary Academy Award. Everything is here, from the glamor of his golden age to the murky scandals of the 1940s and eventual exile to Switzerland. There are charming anecdotes along the way: playing the violin in a New York hotel room to mask the sound of Stan Laurel frying pork chops and long Hollywood lunches with Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. This masterful brief biography offers fresh revelations about one of the most familiar faces of the last century and brings the Little Tramp vividly to life.