Huff Theodore (155 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: Good. Facsimile edition. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Paperback. Pages are clean and unmarked. Slightly tanned. Covers show very minor shelving wear. AN EXCELLENT READING OR REFERENCE COPY!; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

HARD BACK WHITE. Condition: GOOD. JACKET: TORN DJ. Book Condition: Good, general shelf wear, rubbed extremities, small bookplate on inner front cover, good binding, clean body and unmarked text. Dust Jacket Condition: Worn, general shelf wear, tanned, worn extremities, chipped/torn corners, and few closed tears. DATE PUBLISHED: 1972 EDITION: 354.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Endpapers darkened.

Paperback. 2nd. T-1095 very good , creases Photo cover. 16 pages of photos. paperback,

Hardcover. Condition: Good.

Soft Cover. Condition: Good. No Edition Stated. Pyramid book #T-1095. 16 pages of B&W photos. The life and loves and fabulous career of the man who made the whole world laugh. Wear at edges, reading creases, some creases on book, some soiling, pen mark on first page, rubbed, interior browning. Size: 4 1/4" x 7". PAPERBACK.

Wraps. Condition: Good. 2nd Edition Revised. Small tear to head of spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. White spine cloth stained; else Good, unmarked HB no DJ.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good -. No Jacket. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good -/No Jacket. First Edition. One of the first really important biographies of this film legend and comedic giant. Many black and white photos -- some of Chaplin in action on the set. Book has a bit of wear. Small stain along lower edge of cover. Light yellow stains on page 50, 51, 52, 53, mostly along margin. Soiled spot along lower page edges at corner.

Condition: Good. 1st UK edition. Cloth, dj, VG/G. 320pp, b/w frontis, 80pp b/w plates, index, dustjacket chipped & torn with loss along the edges, cloth rubbed at the corners, pages a little tanned. A biography of the star of the silent screen, covering his rise to global stardom from poverty to his problems in th USA due to his political beliefs. The book ends with a postscript concerning rumours about a film to be called Limelight. The film was released in 1952. 625 grams.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good.

Pamphlet. Condition: Very Good. Vol 58, No 4, pp. 802-824, Illus, Extracted from orig vol, thus begins with title page, trimmed & stapled pamphlet, else VG.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Photographs (illustrator). Second Edition. The genius of Charlie Chaplin lies in his humanity and the compassion for the little man he personified as "The Tramp." He is the Everyman of yesterday, today and tomorrow. Chaplin the man and the artist are indivisible. To tell the story of the man is to tell the story of his art. This book distills the essence of both. Theodore Huff traces Chaplin's life from his early Dickensian days in the streets, orphanage and music halls of London to his early American acting debut with the Karno Company in New York and to the flowering of his spectacular career from the early days in Hollywood to the post World War II period. Born to vaudevillian parents in 1889, Chaplin was to become by 1915 and remain to the present day not only a legend in motion picture history in his own lifetime but a citizen of the world. This remarkable book takes you step-by-step as a witness to the odyssey of an artist. You learn from the very beginning who Chaplin was and what he was trying to do with his great genius. Here are the early Chaplin days with Mack Sennett at Keystone, Essanay and with Mutual Company. You learn how Chaplin hit on his world-famous costume by accident m 1913 and how he developed the mannerisms that were to identify him to millions throughout the world. Theodore Huff analyzes in depth and with great perception all the films that Chaplin made - the great as well as the least successful ones. He takes you behind the scenes and on the scene in "Tillie's Punctured Romance," "A Dog's Life," "The Kid," "A Woman of Paris," "The Gold Rush," "City Lights," "Modern Times," "The Great Dictator," "Monsieur Verdoux." He also takes you to the never-never land days of Hollywood where you meet the stars of the day-Gloria Swanson, Pola Negri, Edna Purviance, Ben Turpin, Mack Swain, Chester Conklin and many others. Chaplin's life is in reality the story of motion pictures. Off the screen and away from the studios, Chaplin remains even in private life King of the World. Here too are the stories of love, his marriages, children, the heartaches and the law suite. As befitting a king, Chaplin takes a trip around the world in 1933 and returns in triumph to London. By 1940 Chaplin becomes the target of violent press attacks. In Congress he is called a communist. In his chapter on Chaplin and politics, Theodore Huff gives you an incisive view into Chaplin's heart and thought and ends his story with an entire chapter devoted to the significance of "Monsieur Verdoux". Chaplin's only film of the 1940s, it is a failure and comes during the time of Chaplin's greatest personal and professional trials. A memorable postscript brilliantly foretells the even greater heights that Chaplin would achieve in the decades to follow. The book includes many marvelous photographs of Chaplin off and on screen and an index to his films with brilliant biographical sketches of the people professionally associated with him. All orders shipped protected in a box. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Thin 32 page hardcover book. Very good except for small, light water stain on front cover. This appears to be an extract from a larger work by the same author. Poorly reproduced photos. A detailed filmography of early Chaplin shorts with a synopsis of each. No jacket, as issued.

Paperback. first edition. T-1095 very good - fine, reading crease Photo cover. 16 pages of photos. paperback,

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Second Revised Edition. Softcover in matte blue wraps. Second revised edition (1961) . Book is crisp and clean. Blue wraps are lightly discolored. Rear wrap has tiny chip at corner. Published as part of the British Film Institute Index Series. 8vo. 24 pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. In red buckram boards.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Very good dk gray tweed HB with pastdown pictures of Chaplin, white and gilt spine lettering. Very good Pictorial mylar covered dj. POI ffep, o/w unmarked, clean, tight copy. Numerous b/w photos from early Chaplin movies in various roles. Bio. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Condition: Good. General wear to boards. Hinges are a bit cracked. Content has spotting and writing on the ffep. No DJ.

Paperback. Condition: Good. FAST Despatch by First Class Royal Mail.

Soft Cover. Condition: Good. Basement pocketbook library.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Soft cover in good condition. Front and back external soft covers are in good condition. Evidence of tanning and marking on external front and back soft cover. External front and back soft cover has evidence of water damage. Spine has evidence of tanning and spotting. Front and back internal soft covers in good condition. Evidence of tanning and marking. Internal pages are in good condition. Pages have evidence of tanning and marking. Evidence of water damage internal bottom of the pages. External page edges in good condition. 24pp. Overall in good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. photographs (illustrator). Book is very clean, good binding, appears unread. Chipping to the unclipped dust jacket. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. Name and notation in ink on front pastedown, otherwise a clean copy with no other markings, overall very good, tight, with slight edgewear and standard darkening to paper. In a good+ dust jacket with small chips to corners and top of rear panel, some scuffing, edge wear and short tears up to 1". NOT price-clipped.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Published 1951. Book is in excellent condition. Dust jacket has some wear and tear on front and back. See the pictures.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition. Minor shelfwear. Some yellowing of the paper. Jacket has light rubbing and soiling. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 354 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good -. First Edition. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good -. (viii), 354 pp, list of b&w illustrations, 1. The Importance of Chaplin and His Art; 2. Childhood and Stage Career; 3. The Karno Company and Tour in America; 4. The Motion Picture Industry, December 1913, and a note on Mack Sennett; 5. Chaplin at Keystone; 6. The Chaplin-Keystone Films (1914); 7. Essanay -- The Transitional Period; 8. $10,000 a Week at Mutual; 9. The Classic Mutual Comedies; 10. Million-Dollar Contract and First Marriage; 11. "A Dog's Life" -- First Masterpiece; 12. "Shoulder Arms"; 13. Two Failures; 14. Chaplin's Method; 15. "The Kid"; 16. Chaplin's 1921 Trip Abroad; 17. New Friends; 18. Two Minor Comedies; 19. "The Pilgrim"; 20. "A Woman of Paris; 21."The Gold Rush"; 22. Lita Grey -- Second Marriage and Divorce; 23. "The Circus"; 24. "City Lights"; 25. Chaplin as a Composer; 26. Trip Around the World; Paulette Goddard; 27. "Modern Times"; 28. "The Great Dictator"; 29. Law Suits and Another Marriage; 30. Chaplin and Politics; 31. "Monsieru Verdoux; Postscript; an index to films of Charles Chaplin, biographical sketches of the people professionally associated with Chaplin, index. First Edition,1951. "Synopses of every movie Charlie ever made recapture the mood so faithfully, with each famous comedy 'business' highlighted, that the reader will chuckle and laugh aloud almost as if he were present at an actual rescreening of the famous old comedies. Almost 150 b&w stills from the pictures, and other photographs of Charlie and the personalities with whom he was asociated, help to recreate the illusion. The vivid biography's emphasis is on the conditions which had important bearing on Chaplin as a crreative artist. The author confines himself to the facts and in doing so demolishes many legends. In their place emerges a real figure -- richer, more exciting and vastly more significant than the legendary images." from the jacket flap. Price clipped. Inked name on ffep. 4" line of jagged chips top top edge dj with light edge wear to bottom edge of same. Minor edge wear with lightly age-toned text block edges, else, Pristine Interior. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. grey cloth with pictorial panel on front board, white lettering to spine. Size: Large 8vo. Book.