Charlie Chaplin: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

Theodore Huff, Charlie Chaplin (1951, reprinted 1972), is a scrupulously researched basic study of Chaplin with emphasis on the films themselves. David Robinson, Charlie Chaplin: Comic Genius (1996), is a major biographical and critical study of the filmmaker, written with access to Chaplin’s personal archives. An objective and unsentimental psychological study is Joyce Milton, Tramp: The Life of Charlie Chaplin (1996, reissued 1998). Kenneth S. Lynn, Charlie Chaplin and His Times (1997), examines Chaplin’s life and art in the context of his times and dispels many long-standing myths about the comic. Glenn Mitchell, The Chaplin Encyclopedia (1997), is an A-to-Z compendium of Chaplin-related information. Alan Schroeder, Charlie Chaplin: The Beauty of Silence (1997), is a biographical study with emphasis on Chaplin’s behind-the-scenes approach to filmmaking. Ruth Turk, Charlie Chaplin: Genius of the Silent Screen (2000), explores the influence, or lack thereof, of Chaplin’s private life on his work.

Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: Official Site of Charlie Chaplin. Dec 19, 2024
Anniversary information added. Apr 12, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Feb 21, 2024
Anniversary information added. Dec 21, 2023
Add new Web site: PBS - American Masters - The Unknown Chaplin. Sep 04, 2023
Links added. Jun 16, 2023
Link added. Feb 01, 2023
Links added. Feb 01, 2023
Added cross-references. Dec 17, 2020
Top Questions updated. Sep 19, 2019
Add new Web site: Famous Clowns - Biography of Charlie Chaplin. Feb 21, 2019
Corrected display issue. Jul 25, 2018
Add new Web site: BFI Screenonline - Biography of Charles Chaplin. Mar 26, 2017
Media added. Aug 25, 2016
Add new Web site: AllMusic - Charles Chaplin. Dec 10, 2013
Add new Web site: AllMovie - Charles Chaplin. Jan 29, 2013
Add new Web site: Turner Classic Movies - Charlie Chaplin. Jan 29, 2013
Add new Web site: Matinee Classics - Biography of Charlie Chaplin. Jan 29, 2013
Add new Web site: Official Site of Charlie Chaplin. Jan 28, 2013
Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Biography of Charlie Chaplin. May 21, 2012
Add new Web site: h2g2 - Biography of Charlie Chaplin. May 21, 2012
Added photograph. Mar 31, 2011
Add new Web site: Fact Monster - People - Biography of Charlie Chaplin. Aug 03, 2010
Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Biography of Charlie Chaplin. Aug 03, 2010
Media added. Dec 21, 2006
Added new Web site: TIME 100: Charlie Chaplin. May 11, 2006
Article revised. Jun 16, 2005
Article revised. Feb 16, 2001
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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