Charlie Chaplin
Ackroyd, Peter, 1949-2015
Book
He was the very first icon of the silver screen, and is one of the most recognisable faces in Hollywood, even a hundred years on from his first film. But what of the man behind the moustache? The director holding the camera as well as acting in front of it? Peter Ackroyd's new biography turns the spotlight on Chaplin's life as well as his work, from his humble theatrical beginnings in music halls to winning an honorary Academy Award. Everything is here, from the glamour of his golden age to the murky scandals of the 1940s and eventual exile to Switzerland.
Main title:
Charlie Chaplin / Peter Ackroyd.
Author:
Ackroyd, Peter, 1949-, author
Work:
Imprint:
London : Vintage Books, 2015.London : Vintage Books, 2015.
Collation:
viii, 264 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: London: Chatto & Windus, 2014.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780099287568 (pbk)
Dewey class:
791.43028092791.43028
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1722824