| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Descript |
vi, 268 p. : ill., ports ; 27 cm. |
| Audience |
950L Lexile |
| Note |
Accelerated Reader MG 7.0 5 5 138142 |
| Contents |
The boy in the blue overcoat -- Bleak houses -- Life in the booby hatch -- Life with father -- Poster boy -- On becoming invisible -- Enter, Sherlock -- Don't mug too much -- A red nose -- A tipsy gentleman -- A comedian among the orange groves -- The galloping tintypes -- The lens louse -- Mable, the movie star -- Opus one: the sleepwalker -- Charlie and the ten grand rumor -- Chaplin and the cross-eyed man -- The millionaire tramp -- Dawn on Sunset Boulevard -- A marriage of mayflies -- Where's Charlie? -- Room service -- The eternal washtub -- Deja woes -- Don't eat peanuts or drop shells on the floor -- Silence spoken here -- The impertinent gesture -- Five francs a glance -- The red flag -- Welcome to Tomania -- The vaporous Jew -- The cockney cad -- Throw the rascal out! -- So long, Charlie -- Takes and mistakes -- Brimstone in the air -- Sir Charlie -- A life in concrete. |
| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 258-260) and index. |
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Filmography: p. 261-263. |
| Summary |
A Newbery Medalist presents one of the most compelling rags-to-riches stories of modern times, in this biography of the legendary Little Tramp, Charlie Chaplin. Includes archival prints and photos. |
| Subject |
Chaplin, Charlie, 1889-1977 -- Juvenile literature.
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Chaplin, Charlie, 1889-1977.
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Comedians -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Comedians -- Biography.
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Actors and actresses -- Biography.
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| Alt Title |
Sir Charlie |
| ISBN |
9780061896408 (trade bdg.) |
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0061896403 (trade bdg.) |
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9780061896415 (lib. bdg.) |
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0061896411 (lib. bdg.) |
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