Charlie Chaplin, director / Donna Kornhaber.

Author/creator Kornhaber, Donna, 1979- author.
Format Book
PublicationEvanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, [2014]
Descriptionxiii, 341 pages, 18 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, plates ; 23 cm
Subjects
Chaplin, Charlie, 1889-1977--Criticism and interpretation.
Motion picture producers and directors--United States.
Motion pictures--Production and direction. --United States.

Contents Part I. Chaplin in context -- Chaplin at Keystone, Griffith at Biograph -- The slapstick exemption -- Harold Lloyd, Buster Keaton, and the classical style -- Part II. The silent era -- Chaplin's filmmaking technique -- Chaplin's filmmaking philosophy -- A masterpiece of mediation: City lights -- Part III. The sound era -- Dangerous voices: modern times and the great dictator -- Substituting speech for style: Monsieur Verdoux, Limelight, and A king in New York -- Return to form: A countess from Hong Kong -- Epilogue: the Chaplin century.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 325-334) and index.
Genre/formCriticism, interpretation, etc.
LCCN 2013035621
ISBN9780810129528 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0810129523 (pbk. : alk. paper)