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Author:

Fleischman, Sid, 1920-2010.

Title:

Sir Charlie Chaplin : the funniest man in the world / Sid Fleischman.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Greenwillow Books,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

vi, 268 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.

Subject:

Chaplin, Charlie,--1889-1977--Juvenile literature.
Comedians--United States--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Motion picture actors and actresses--United States--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Chaplin, Charlie,--1889-1977.
Comedians.
Actors and actresses.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 258-260) and index.

Contents:

The boy in the blue overcoat -- Bleak houses -- Life in the booby hatch -- Life with father -- Poster boy -- On becoming invisible -- Enter, Sherlock -- Don't mug too much -- A red nose -- A tipsy gentleman -- A comedian among the orange groves -- The galloping tintypes -- The lens louse -- Mable, the movie star -- Opus one: the sleepwalker -- Charlie and the ten grand rumor -- Chaplin and the cross-eyed man -- The millionaire tramp -- Dawn on Sunset Boulevard -- A marriage of mayflies -- Where's Charlie? -- Room service -- The eternal washtub -- Deja woes -- Don't eat peanuts or drop shells on the floor -- Silence spoken here -- The impertinent gesture -- Five francs a glance -- The red flag -- Welcome to Tomania -- The vaporous Jew -- The cockney cad -- Throw the rascal out! -- So long, Charlie -- Takes and mistakes -- Brimstone in the air -- Sir Charlie -- A life in concrete.

Summary:

A Newbery Medalist presents one of the most compelling rags-to-riches stories of modern times, in this biography of the legendary Little Tramp, Charlie Chaplin. Includes archival prints and photos.

ISBN:

0061896411 (lib. bdg.)
9780061896415 (lib. bdg.)
0061896403 (trade bdg.)
9780061896408 (trade bdg.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)361888105

LCCN:

2009019689

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