Charlie Chaplin's Own Story Autobiography in Color Dustjacket, He Lived 1889-1977 & Was 88 Yrs. Old. This His 1st Biography Was Originally Written in 1916 is Reprinted Here for the 1st Time Since Its Original Publication. The First of Chaplins Two Publis
Edited & With Introduction By Harry Geduld, Back Blank Flyleaf FORMER OWNER STAMP, This 1st Autobio May Have Been Ghost Written or co-Authored By Monta Bell, a Hollywood Screenwriter & Producer & Almost All Copies Destroyed By Publisher Bobbs-Merrill Of
Language: English
Published by Indiana University Press,, 1985
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HBDJ, 1985,1st Edition THUS, 1st Printing with #1 Intact Number Line on Copyright pg, NF+/FINE-, AS-IS, YellowMustard loth Cover Titled & Decorated in Black on Spine, Interior nice tight clean light wear Fox, 172 pgs + Appendix Chaplins Birthplace, DJ Nice Condition light wear . the first of Chaplins two published autobiographies. Covering the period of Chaplins life from birth to his signing in 1916 of a $670,000 contract with the Mutual Film Corporation. The fly leaf states that " the book has been dismissed as ghost written and unrelaible fabrication but is certainly accurate in spirit if not in detail, Chaplin sought through autobiography to create an off screen image to compliment the on screen persona. almost all copies destroyed by publisher Bobbs-Merrill of Indianapolis at Chaplins Request.
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- Charlie Chaplin's Own Story Autobiography in Color Dustjacket, He Lived 1889-1977 & Was 88 Yrs. Old. This His 1st Biography Was Originally Written in 1916 is Reprinted Here for the 1st Time Since Its Original Publication. The First of Chaplins Two Publis
- Author
- Edited & With Introduction By Harry Geduld, Back Blank Flyleaf FORMER OWNER STAMP, This 1st Autobio May Have Been Ghost Written or co-Authored By Monta Bell, a Hollywood Screenwriter & Producer & Almost All Copies Destroyed By Publisher Bobbs-Merrill Of
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press,
- Publication year
- 1985
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hard Cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 025311179X
- ISBN 13
- 9780253111791
- Edition
- First Thus
This first of Chaplin's two published autobiographies has been nearly inaccessible until now. Covering the period of Chaplin's life from his obscure birth to his signing, in 1916, of a $670,000 contract with the Mutual Film Corporation, the book has usually been dismissed as a ghostwritten and unreliable fabrication. Chaplin biographer John McCabe, however, observes that "at times the book is certainly accurate in spirit if not in detail." The republication of Charlie Chaplin's Own Story enables readers to discover how at the age of twenty-seven "the most popular man in the world" wished to be viewed by a public who knew him almost exclusively as the inefatigable Tramp. This work is the most elaborate and intriguing of Chaplin's fictionalized self-portraits. Professor Geduld's detailed introduction provides an authoritative account of Chaplin's theatrical career, which Chaplin covers erratically. Extensive annotations deal with little-known aspects of Chaplin's early life.
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