Chaplin
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Few figures in the history of cinema cast as long a shadow as Charles Spencer Chaplin, and Chaplin by Denis Gifford stands as one of the most authoritative and visually rich tributes to the man who invented the language of screen comedy. Gifford, a pre-eminent historian of British and American popular entertainment, chronicles the life and career of the Little Tramp with meticulous detail — from Chaplin's impoverished Cockney childhood in Victorian London to his meteoric rise as the world's first global film superstar, tracing the full arc of a genius who wrote, directed, scored, and starred in his own films with unmatched creative sovereignty. Beyond the biography, this work situates Chaplin firmly within the broader cultural and political landscape of the twentieth century, examining how his art captured universal human truths — poverty, dignity, resilience, and romance — that transcended language and national borders. Gifford's prose is authoritative yet deeply affectionate, drawing on a vast archive of stills and production photographs that bring the silent era vividly back to life. For anyone who has ever watched the Tramp shuffle off into the sunset and felt something stir in their chest, this volume illuminates the restless, contradictory, and utterly extraordinary mind behind that immortal image.
Author: Denis Gifford
Format: Hardback
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Few figures in the history of cinema cast as long a shadow as Charles Spencer Chaplin, and Chaplin by Denis Gifford stands as one of the most authoritative and visually rich tributes to the man who invented the language of screen comedy. Gifford, a pre-eminent historian of British and American popular entertainment, chronicles the life and career of the Little Tramp with meticulous detail — from Chaplin's impoverished Cockney childhood in Victorian London to his meteoric rise as the world's first global film superstar, tracing the full arc of a genius who wrote, directed, scored, and starred in his own films with unmatched creative sovereignty. Beyond the biography, this work situates Chaplin firmly within the broader cultural and political landscape of the twentieth century, examining how his art captured universal human truths — poverty, dignity, resilience, and romance — that transcended language and national borders. Gifford's prose is authoritative yet deeply affectionate, drawing on a vast archive of stills and production photographs that bring the silent era vividly back to life. For anyone who has ever watched the Tramp shuffle off into the sunset and felt something stir in their chest, this volume illuminates the restless, contradictory, and utterly extraordinary mind behind that immortal image.