Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-247), filmography and index.
Contents:
Prologue: Searching for an artist's lost shadow -- Chaplin's biography prior to A woman of Paris : (a darkly farcical perspective) (1889-1923) -- "Chaplinitis" : the initial fame factor and early Chaplin films with tangential ties to A woman of Paris -- The messiah-like World War I bond tour : "Chaplinitis" in overdrive -- Further glass ceiling breaking : the precedent shattering dark comedy Shoulder arms (1918) -- Edna Purviance : a less than "Sunnyside" (1919), March to The kid (1921) and A woman of Paris (1923) -- More revisionism : a short subject and The kid (1921) continue to anticipate A woman of Paris (1923) -- The kid (1921) more than fulfills the "Letter to a genius" opening to chapter 6 -- Charlie Chaplin goes to Europe (1921) -- Continuing the path to a woman of Paris (1923) : a unique literary year and two seminal shorter works -- Prologue to a woman of Paris (1923) The pilgrim (1923) and the women impacting Paris -- Making a woman of Paris (1923) and its response -- Correcting more errors about both the 1923 release and the 1970s rebirth of a woman of Paris -- Epilogue : A woman of Paris (1923) and the United States of Amnesia.
Summary:
"Popular with middle America throughout the 1920s, Charlie Chaplin's A Woman of Paris (1923) has had an enduring influence on cinema history. Contrary to some criticism, the film was not just Chaplin's recycling of the Peggy Hopkins Joyce story. Indeed, he drew on a series of romances for inspiration during production-including the films of Pola Negri-as well as his own earlier movies. Based on extensive new research, this book covers the making of the film in detail and reveals what other works on A Woman of Paris got wrong"-- Provided by publisher.
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