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Author: Stephen Weissman
Language: English
Publisher: Arcade Publishing; First Edition edition (November 24, 2008)
Pages: 315
Category: Arts & Literature
Subcategory: Biography
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FREE shipping on qualifying offers. Chaplin is arguably the single most important artist produced by the cinema, wrote film critic Andrew Sarris. Born in London in 1889.

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Chaplin: A Life - Stephen Weissman. Born in London in 1889, Charlie Chaplin grew up in dire poverty. Both his parents were in show business, but severe alcoholism cut short his father’s flourishing career, and his beloved mother first lost her voice, then lost her mind to syphilis. Charlie at age seven was committed to the Hanwell School for Orphans and Destitute Children. How then did this poor, lonely child become such an extraordinary comedian, known and celebrated worldwide? Chaplin cut his teeth in British music halls, but it was America that made him.

A fascinating psychological portrait of Charlie Chaplin and the painful childhood that shaped his comedic .

A fascinating psychological portrait of Charlie Chaplin and the painful childhood that shaped his comedic masterpieces (Booklist). After nearly a century, Charlie Chaplin’s Little Tramp is still one of the most identifiable figures in the history of film. In this singular biography of Chaplin, Dr. Stephen M. Weissman adapts his professional understanding of the relationship between childhood experience and adult creativity to provide an in-depth look at the screen legend-both his conscious and unconscious distortions of the past in the name of art, and the turbulent, seemingly inescapable grimness of the era that shaped him.

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Charlie Chaplin's film heroines. In The Essential Chaplin, ed. R. Schickel. Chaplin: His Life and Art. New York: McGraw-Hill. IL 60637 E-mail: htrosman. Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 2006, pp. 65–75. Jan 1985.

Chaplin - Stephen Weissman. Weissman weaves a psychologically astute narrative of Chaplin’s life and art, brilliantly exploring the relationships between experience and creativity.

Read unlimited books and audiobooks on the web, iPad, iPhone and Android. Chaplin - Stephen Weissman. A mixture of gritty social history, romance, and medical science, the book begins with Weissman dissecting Chaplin’s parents’ tempestuous courtship and disastrous marriage, coming to surprising conclusions. He then takes us into the world of the Victorian music hall.

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Read Chaplin, by Stephen Weissman online on Bookmate – Chaplin is arguably the single most important artist produced by the cinema, wrote film critic Andrew Sarris. Born in London in 1889, Charlie. Chaplin is arguably the single most important artist produced by the cinema, wrote film critic Andrew Sarris. Severe alcoholism cut short his father’s flourishing career, and his beloved mother first lost her voice, then her mind, to syphilis. How did this poor, lonely child, committed to the Hanwell School for the Orphaned and Destitute, become such an extraordinary comedian, known and celebrated worldwide?

An intimate portrait of the eminent silent-film star offers insight into the pivotal role of childhood tragedies in forming his personality and art, in an account that describes the poverty and parental alcoholism that marked his early years, his first achievements in British music halls, and his sudden success in America.

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Siramath

A close examination of the myriad influences that formed the most beloved comic character of his time. The examination of Chaplin's life from the standpoint of a psychiatrist yields insight into some of the nuances of the performer's art. He examines the reasons for Chaplin's skills, as well as the reasons that they resonated so closely with the audiences of his day. Although there is a lot of information in this book, the author keeps it interesting and relevant to the end result that was Chaplin's art.

Thomand

As a fan of silent movies I have seen many Charlie Chaplin films thanks to Turner Classic Movies. In 1993 I enjoyed seeing Robert Downey Jr.'s excellent performance as Chaplin in a movie about Chaplin's life. Also appearing in the film was Geraldine Chaplin, fourth of the eight Chaplin children. She spoke highly of this book about her father and that adds credence, in my view, to it being an accurate biography. Highly recommended for Charlie fans.

Wild Python

I enjoy biographies and Stephen Weissman wrote a well researched well written enjoyable biography about the great Charlie Chaplin. After reading this book I felt as if I missed something in life at not ever having met Charlie Chaplin. If like me you like biographies, you'll enjoy Weissman's book about the life of the little tramp.

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Kamick

A lot of guessing and not too many facts.

BlackHaze

As a general rule I am not a fan of the psycho-biography. The idea of putting dead people on the couch seems sort of like shooting fish in a pail - you can go wherever you like and what are they going to do about it? In this instance, well, that still applies, but it is quite readable and mostly focuses on the ways in which Chaplin's singular childhood likely influenced the tone, tenor and content of his work. Curiously, however, this little study virtually ignores his life after his late 20's and really just touches slightly on his major, feature-length works. It is really kind of an odd little book in that sense, and certainly not " A Life."

It is, though, an interesting look at his childhood and how Chaplin may have wittingly or not transferred it into his work. Some of the conclusions seem rather obvious - the music hall influences, the poverty and reactions to it that permeate the Little Tramp's world, etc. The extended glimpses into his parent's lives is interesting, and it is, all-in-all quite readable, and as such, is recommended, wth reservations. Those looking for a full-length, comprehensive biography should look elsewhere, but for those wanting a curious digression, here you are.

Wrathshaper

Excellent biography. I was surprised to learn that a lot of his material and presentation were based on his very hard life growing up in England. Well presented and documented.

Ielonere

In her introduction to this biography, Geraldine Chaplin writes: "It is unlike anything that has ever been written about my father." And that is certainly an apt comment based on my experience. The author is a psychiatrist here in Washington and teaches as well at the Washington School of Psychiatry. He has studied Chaplin for a number of years and even led a seminar at the WSP contrasting two Chaplin autobiographies (the earlier one disputed by Chaplin) and what they disclose about Charlie. So we have in this book a psychoanalytical study of Chaplin's early life and the initial stages (primarily) of his film career. The author offers some fascinating theories about various aspects of where Chaplin got some of his ideas for his films, relating back to his childhood. So, much attention is paid to Chaplin's father and especially his mother as progenitors of events that Chaplin later revived in his films. The author also does an outstanding job in recounting Chaplin's youthful stage career in Britain and how he learned from his years performing in English vaudeville, an apprenticeship which paid constant dividends for the rest of his career. But this is not a biography such as that by David Robinson, a favorite of mine, in that the author jumps around a bit in time, and devotes very scant attention to Chaplin's work and life after 1930 or so. The final chapter, "What happened next?", loses effectiveness by trying to cram together the remainder of Chaplin's remarkable life (he died in 1977) into 14 pages. While there are 17 pages of notes referencing the Chaplin literature, and some interesting photographs, the most interesting aspects are based on the author's own research into the films at the Library of Congress. While one might well wonder if some of the author's theories are correct, there is no doubt that this book enriches our understanding of that unique genius, Charles Spencer Chaplin.

I am an avid reader and I couldn't get through this book. Very dry and longwinded.