Born into a theatrical family, Charlie Chaplin's father died of drink while his mother, unable to bear the poverty, suffered from bouts of insanity. It is a vivd reconstruction of a poor London childhood, the music hall and then his pr. This biography, first published in 1964 was written almost entirely from memory by the 75-year-old star. All this did not hinder Chaplin from embarking on a film-making career which won him immeasurable success, as well as intense controversy. As the author of his own screen plays, a fact not often highlighted, My autobiography is another text which is well worth reading, allowing readers a peek into Chaplin's life and a wonderful reading experience of an autobiography belonging to the best pieces of autobiographical writing in the Twentieth Century.Born into a theatrical family, Charlie Chaplin's father died of drink while his mother, unable to bear the poverty, suffered from bouts of insanity. I was never bothered by Chaplin's language, and felt his prose style was entirely natural, and appropriate. At nearly 500 pages, it is an extremely well-written piece of history, which is never dry or boring, although a certain interest in film and the business of film and film studios helps. My autobiography is a fascinating time document, chronicling the life of a film icon we all know. He could not stay in the United States, because of his sympathies for socialism, and his escape, securing his assets is one of the most exciting parts of the autobiography. Towards the end of his life, Charles Chaplin was a respected man, and on close terms with the jet-set of all continents. The history of many of Chaplin's movies is described in detail in the context of both the historical background and the cinematographic inventions.

The largest part of My autobiography deals with the spectacular career Chaplin made in the United States, from being an actor, improvising and personalizing typical gigs to the development of his own film studios.

145, where it is described as a purely coincidental result of improvisation. The 'birth' of the classical character 'the tramp' does not happen until p. Born into a family of actors, Charles Chaplin soon started his career on the stage, with limited success, initially, in London and Paris. The epithet Dickensian is sometimes applied to the autobiography of Charles Chaplin as Chaplin, born in 1889, was born in, and therefore considered belonging to, the Victorian Age, and because his childhood in London of poverty and hardship so closely resembled that of some characters in Dickens' novels. The autobiography proves any such believer wrong. The closeness of 'no speech' and 'dumb' is so near, that in conjunction with the image of the silliness of the characters, prortrayed by Charles Chaplin it is easy to believe that Chaplin was a simpleton.

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