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Chaplin: Genius of the Cinema
Contemporary Review, June, 2004
Chaplin: Genius of the Cinema. Jeffrey Vance. Harry N. Abrams. [pounds sterling]29.95. 400 pages. ISBN 0-8109-4532-0. Through the international appeal of silent films, Charlie Chaplin was, in his portrayal of 'the Tramp' in the 1920s, the world's first great film star. He embodied the underdog, everyman, the lonely, man's spirit in the face of disaster and through it all gave millions of cinema-goers a superb example of tragic-comedy at its best.
Chaplin was also one of the most photographed film stars of the twentieth century and these photographs, plus those taken by Chaplin and his family, form the backbone of this biography. As the author writes, 'no human being is more responsible for the development and popularisation of cinema as the dominant form of art and entertainment ... than Charlie Chaplin'. His own career was also a controversial one. His radical views led to his self-imposed exile from America to live in France and even in Britain it was many years after he left the U.S. before he was honoured by the Queen. This affectionate biography, suitably enhanced by hundreds of photographs, follows Chaplin's long life from his Cockney boyhood to his long retirement.
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