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Charlie Chaplin: Interviews

Charlie Chaplin

A definitive collection of interviews with Charlie Chaplin offers long, contemplative analyses of the man's life and work, as well as his thoughts on the craft of filmmaking, his methods of making movies, the characters he created, and more ...

Charlie Chaplin: Genius of the Silent Screen

Ruth Turk

Presents the life of the first woman prime minister of India, from her childhood to her assassination.

Everybody's Autobiography

Gertrude Stein

Here are Stein’s devastating analyses of some of the major figures of the day whom she met—among them Dashiell Hammett, Charlie Chaplin, Pablo Picasso, Marianne Moore, Mrs.

Charlie the Ranch Dog: Charlie's New Friend

Ree Drummond

But the sun is so warm and cozy—perfect for a nap! Charlie must try another tactic: luring the rabbit with another carrot. Will Charlie succeed? Beginning readers will love this adventurous and heartwarming Charlie the Ranch Dog story!

Gypset Travel

Julia Chaplin

Julia Chaplin has found the gypsy in her soul - and that of quite a number of simpatico others.

Eccentrics: A Study of Sanity and Strangeness

David Joseph Weeks

A scientific study of eccentric behavior differentiates between eccentricity and insanity while providing anecdotes and history examples that cite such figures as William Blake, Charlie Chaplin, and Albert Einstein

Military Comedy Films: A Critical Survey and Filmography of ...

Hal Erickson

"Beginning with Charlie Chaplin's Shoulder Arms, released in America near the end of World War I, the military comedy film has been one of Hollywood's most durable genres.

The Comedy of Charlie Chaplin: Artistry in Motion

Dan Kamin

This paperback edition features an annotated bibliography and a foreword by Scott Eyman, author of Empire of Dreams: The Epic Life of Cecil B. DeMille and Print the Legend: The Life and Times of John Ford.

Going to Cincinnati: A History of the Blues in the Queen City

Steven C. Tracy

That's where this guy named Charlie Red, that's where I run into, met Charlie Red there." Guitarist Charlie Red was later remembered by Mays as the same person as Charlie Collins, the "Dancin Charlie" of a later version of the Cincinnati Jug ...

Classic Movie Comedians

Neil Sinyard

Critiques such classic comedians within the context of specific films as Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd, Laurel and Hardy, and W.C. Fields This book surveys the broad diversity of comic devices and styles employed by the ...

Charlie Scott; or, There's time enough

Charlie Scott (fict. name.)

... made for the room where tea was prepared. " You go on, Charlie," said Harry, in a kind tone ; " don't wait for me ; I'll follow." Charlie happened to glance back. Harry Greenwell was lame. He told Charlie later in the evening how it happened.

Cottonmouth

Julian Lee Rayford

OUTSIDE the Queen Theatre, the manager stood and chanted in a high nasal voice, "Charlie Chaplin and Helen Holmes! Special show today! Helen Holmes defeats a whole gang of railroad outlaws, she holds off the outlaws at the point of a ...

The Chaplin Machine: Slapstick, Fordism and the ...

Owen Hatherley

In The Chaplin Machine, Owen Hatherley unearths the hidden history of Soviet film, art and architecture.

The Urban Ethnography Reader

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39 REUBEN A. BUFORD MAY AND KENNETH SEAN CHAPLIN CRACKING THE CODE: RACE, CLASS, AND ACCESS TO NIGHTCLUBS IN URBAN AMERICA (2008) Reuben May and Kenneth Chaplin did their participant observation in the ...

American Film History: Selected Readings, 1960 to the Present

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"Covers a broad range of topics ranging from the early 1900s Nickelodeon, silent film and its iconic figures such as Charlie Chaplin, to the coming of sound, genres, studio moguls, and the Cold War blacklist"-- From the demise of the studio ...

Charlie the Ranch Dog: Charlie Goes to the Doctor

Ree Drummond

When Charlie loses his appetite and is not even tempted by bacon, a worried Mama takes the faithful basset hound to the veterinarian, where his nerves are soothed by a friendly puppy.

Charlie X

David Edwards

Part fantasy and part science fiction, Charlie X explores the question why can't people treat each other with dignity? The lead character of the book Charlie Parker is very short for his age.

The Producers: Profiles in Frustration

Luke Ford

Charlie and his manager, Michael Meltzer, who wants to produce. Charlie had read the script years ago and thought it was great. It was based on a true story. Charlie goes, 'I want to direct this. How do I get myself to direct this project?

Graphic Novels: A Guide to Comic Books, Manga, and More, 2nd ...

Michael Pawuk

Written by Prudence Shen. Illustrated by Faith Erin Hicks. First Second Books, 2013. 288pp. 978-1-59643-659-6. T Nate and Charlie are the unlikeliest of friends. Charlie is the laid-back captain of the basketball team and Charlie is the neurotic ...

Oklahoma Criminal Reports: Cases Determined in the Criminal ...

Oklahoma. Criminal Court of Appeals

Another objection that is clearly without merit relates to a certain conversation that the deputy sheriff, Larrison, had with Mrs. Charlie Collins in the presence of the co-defendant Charlie Collins at the time and just before the said Charlie Collins ...

Charlie Russell: Tale-Telling Cowboy Artist

Lois V. Harris

"-Charlie Russell The story of a boy who fulfilled two lifelong dreams unfolds in this picture-book biography for young readers. A talented self-taught artist, young Charlie Russell loved the West and tales of settling the frontier.

Tripping into the Light

Charlie Collins

It is about one man’s willingness to try just one more time, when it seemed all was lost. Through Charlie’s eyes, we see that all things are possible if we are willing to roll up our sleeves and do the work. www.TrippingIntoTheLight.com