List of Illustrations
Preface
Preface to the first edition
Chaplin Family Tree
The London of Chaplin’s Youth
1 A London Boyhood
2 The Young Professional
3 With the Guv’nor
4 In Pictures
5 Essanay
6 Mutual
7 Penalties and Rewards of Independence
8 Escape
9 A Woman of Paris
10 The Gold Rush
11 The Circus
12 City Lights
13 Away From It All
14 Modern Times
15 The Great Dictator
16 Monsieur Verdoux
17 Limelight 589 18 Exile
19 A Countess From Hong Kong and the final years
Notes
Appendices
I Chronology
II Tours of ‘The Eight Lancashire Lads’, 1898–1900
III Tours of ‘Sherlock Holmes’, 1903–6
IV Tours of ‘Casey’s Circus’, 1906–7
V Three Keystone Scenarios
VI Filmography
VII Shooting Schedules and Ratios
VIII Who’s Who
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
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