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Charles Spencer Chaplin was a stage performer before he was a filmmaker, and it was in English music hall that he learned the rudiments of his art. The last film he made in the United States, Limelight, was a tribute to the music hall days of his youth. As a parallel to Chaplin's past, the film was set in 1914, the year he left the stage for a Hollywood career.
This collection of essays examines Limelight and the history of English music hall. Featuring contributions from the world's top Chaplin and music hall historians, as well as previously unpublished interviews with collaborators who worked on Limelight, the book offers new insight into one of Chaplin's most important pictures and the British form of entertainment that inspired it. Essays consider how and why Chaplin made Limelight, other artists who came out of English music hall, and the film's international appeal, among other topics. The book is filled with rare photographs, many published for the first time, sourced from the Chaplin archives and the private collections of other performers and co-stars.
Contents
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I. The Making of Limelight
Limelight—An Annotated Commentary
Not Quite According to Plan: Chaplin, Keaton and the Production of Limelight
The Three Ages of Limelight
The Ghostly Absence of "The Armless Wonder": Afterthoughts on a Last-Minute Cut
Part II. The Limelight interviews
Eugène Lourié
Claire Bloom
Melissa Hayden
Julian Ludwig
Jerome Epstein
Yodogawa Nagaharu
Part III. The Music Hall Tradition
Chaplin Tribute to the Theater of his Youth
The Identity of Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century Music Hall, Limelight and the Tragedy of the Rejected Performer
Dashing with Eva Lester on the Road to Ruin
Leo Dryden and "The Miner's Dream of Home"
The Mysterious Marceline
Harlequin in the New World
Music Hall Hollywood—Part I
Part IV. Featured Articles and Reviews
Who's Who in the Chaplin Keystones
Chaplin on Radio—Part II
New DVD Releases of Chaplin Films
About the Contributors
Index



