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Eyman, Scott, 1951-
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Chaplin, Charlie, 1889-1977 -- Exile.
Chaplin, Charlie, 1889-1977.
Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography.
Comedians -- United States -- Biography.
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Eyman, Scott, 1951-
Chaplin, Charlie, 1889-1977 -- Exile.
Chaplin, Charlie, 1889-1977.
Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography.
Comedians -- United States -- Biography.
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Charlie
Chaplin
vs.
America
: when art, sex, and politics collided / Scott Eyman.
by
Eyman, Scott, 1951-
Simon & Schuster, 2023.
Call #:
791.43028 C464e
Subjects
Chaplin
,
Charlie
, 1889-1977 -- Exile.
Chaplin
,
Charlie
, 1889-1977.
Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography.
Comedians -- United States -- Biography.
ISBN:
9781982176358 (hc)
9781982176365 (trade pbk)
Alternate title:
Charlie
Chaplin
versus
America
When art, sex, and politics collided
Edition:
1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
Description:
416 p., 16 unnumbered p. of plates : ill. (b&w), ports. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 365-394) and index.
Summary:
"The “shocking” (The Wall Street Journal), must-read story of
Charlie
Chaplin’s years of exile from the United States during the postwar Red Scare, and how it ruined his film career, from bestselling biographer Scott Eyman. Bestselling Hollywood biographer and film historian Scott Eyman tells the story of
Charlie
Chaplin’s fall from grace. In the aftermath of World War II,
Chaplin
was criticized for being politically liberal and internationalist in outlook. He had never become a US citizen, something that would be held against him as xenophobia set in when the postwar Red Scare took hold. Politics aside,
Chaplin
had another problem: his sexual interest in young women. He had been married three times and had had numerous affairs. In the 1940s, he was the subject of a paternity suit, which he lost, despite blood tests that proved he was not the father. His sexuality became a convenient way for those who opposed his politics to condemn him. Refused permission to return to the US after a trip abroad, he settled in Switzerland and made his last two films in London. In
Charlie
Chaplin
vs.
America
, Scott Eyman explores the life and times of the movie genius who brought us such masterpieces as City Lights and Modern Times. “One of the finest surveys of the man and the artist ever written” (Leonard Maltin) this book is “a sobering account of cancel culture in action.” (The Economist)."--Publisher.
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Biographies.
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3
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