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English
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Chaplin's heartfelt and hilarious autobiography tells the story of his childhood, the challenge of identifying and perfecting his talent, his subsequent film career and worldwide celebrity. In this, one of the very first celebrity memoirs, Chaplin displays all the charms, peculiarities and deeply-held beliefs that made him such an endearing and lasting character. Re-issued as part of Melville House's Neversink Library, My Autobiography offers dedicated...
2) Modern times
Series
Language
English
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Description
When his boss demands more speed and efficiency, Chaplin goes crazy from his repetitious assembly line job.
3) City lights
Language
English
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The little tramp loves a poor blind girl and, in his own bumbling way, raises the money for the operation which restores her sight.
Series
Criterion collection volume 565
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Chaplin's first film with dialogue in which he is a modest unassuming proprietor of a small barber shop in the Jewish ghetto Tomania who is mistaken for the country's maniacal dictator, Adenoid Hynkel.
Series
Criterion collection volume 615
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Classic Chaplin (the Little Tramp) prospects for gold, gets involved with a dance hall girl, and deals with a burly competitor during the Yukon gold rush
8) Limelight
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Language
English
Description
In a nostalgic story of age giving over to youth, Calvero, an aging music hall star, befriends a young dancer who has tried to commit suicide. There are marvelous recreations of music hall routines, including one in which Buster Keaton performs with Chaplin. A loving look at the world of Chaplin's own youth.
12) Chaplin revue
Publisher
MK2 Editions/Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
Collection of Charlie Chaplin films made for the First National company between 1918-1923.
13) City lights
Series
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
None
Description
The most cherished film by Charlie Chaplin is also his ultimate Little Tramp chronicle. The writer-director-star achieved new levels of grace, in both physical comedy and dramatic poignancy, with this silent tale of a lovable vagrant falling for a young blind woman who sells flowers on the street and mistakes him for a millionaire. Though this Depression-era smash was made after the advent of sound, Chaplin remained steadfast in his love for the expressive...
19) The kid
Series
Criterion collection volume 799
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
None
Description
The Tramp and his ragamuffin sidekick triumph over life's hard knocks.
Publisher
Showtime
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Hollywood icon Charlie Chaplin rocketed to fame from the slums of Victorian London and spent decades as one of Hollywood's most famous and beloved stars until his scandalous fall from grace. His stage persona and incendiary media portrayal defined how he was perceived, but his private life has always been shrouded in mystery until now. Never-before-heard recordings, intimate home movies, and newly restored classic films reveal a side to Chaplin that...