Charles Chaplin: My Autobiography

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  Born into a theatrical family, Chaplin's father died of drink while his mother, unable to bear the poverty, suffered from bouts of insanity, Chaplin embarked on a film-making career which won him immeasurable success, as well as intense controversy. His extraordinary autobiography was first publishe ... (continue)

  Born into a theatrical family, Chaplin's father died of drink while his mother, unable to bear the poverty, suffered from bouts of insanity, Chaplin embarked on a film-making career which won him immeasurable success, as well as intense controversy. His extraordinary autobiography was first published in 1964 and was written almost entirely without reference to documentation - simply as an astonishing feat of memory by a 75 year old man. It is an incomparably vivid reconstruction of a poor London childhood, the music hall and then his prodigious life in the movies.

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  Very interesting both as the actual story of his life and as an insight in everyday life in England and the United States of the time.

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• English Books
• Others 496 Pages
• Edition: Film & TV Tie-in Ed
• ISBN-10: 0140158286
• ISBN-13: 9780140158281
• Publisher: Generico
• Pub date: Sep 01, 1993
• Also available as: Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette and eBook
• In other languages: other languages Libros en Español, Libri Italiani, Российские Книги

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