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1 online resource (144 pages) |
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Beloved around the world for his Little Tramp character, Charlie Chaplin was the most famous person on the planet during the early twentieth century, and his popularity endures to this day. Cinephiles and Chaplin aficionados will rejoice in these expert novelizations by a famed Hollywood screenwriter of the scripts for ten short films Chaplin made in 1915 for the Essanay Company of Chicago. The Bank : A bank janitor develops romantic designs on a secretary A Woman : An eager suitor cross-dresses to deceive a disapproving father Work : A paperhanger's assistant wreaks havoc on a stately mansion The Champion : A pet bulldog helps his master go for broke in the boxing ring His New Job : A prop man at a movie studio is given a chance to act By the Sea : A bathing resort provides the backdrop for a series of comic adventures A Night Out : A pair of friends go on a bender, spreading pandemonium in their path The Tramp : An admirer of a farmer's daughter is thwarted by a rival In the Park : A couple of star-crossed lovers receive help from a kindly Cupid A Jitney Elopement : A Romeo rescues his sweetheart from an arranged marriage. |
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System requirements: Adobe Digital editions. |
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Print version record. |
Subject |
Chaplin, Charlie, 1889-1977 -- Pictorial works.
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PERFORMING ARTS / Comedy.
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FICTION / General.
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Comedy films -- Pictorial works.
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Electronic books.
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Print version: Thompson, Robert Keene, 1885-1937. Charlie Chaplin book. Mineola, New York : Dover Publications, 2016. 9780486806693 (paperback) (DLC)2016007117 |
Standard No. |
9780486815114 |
ISBN |
9780486815114 (e-pub) |
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