The Essential Chaplin: Perspectives on the Life and Art of the Great Comedian

Collection, edited by Richard Schickel, of previously published writings from the 1910s to the the present day on Charlie Chaplin's work, image, fame and influence. Pieces included are as follows: Five Overviews The Most Harmonious Comedian by Andrew Sarris The Demon Tramp by David Thomson Charlie Chaplin's Film Heroines by Stephen. M.Weissman The Art of Charle Chaplin by Elie Faure Charlie Chaplin by Andre Bazin In the Beginning The Art of Charlie Chaplin by Minnie Maddern Fiske The Tramp by Gilbert Adair ' I am Here To-day' by Gilbert Seldes Fame by Alistair Cooke The Early Features The Kid by Francis Hackett The Pilgrim by Robert. E.Sherwood 'Dear Mr.Chaplin' by Stark Young On 'A Woman in Paris' by Penelope Gilliatt The New Chaplin Comedy by Edmund Wilson Dorado Eldorado by G. Canbrera Infante The Circus by Stark Young The Circus by Stanley Kauffmann Charlie -As Ever Was by Alexander Woollcott The Chaplin Buncome by George Jean Nathan A Mid-Life Crisis Everybody's Language by Winston Churchill Chaplin at Mid-Passage by Max Eastman Charlie Chaplin by Brooks Atkinson The Late Features Modern Times by Graham Greene Hallelujah, Bum Again by Otis Ferguson The Great Dictator by Dilys Powell Less Time for Comedy by Otis Ferguson Reviews of Monsieur Verdoux by James Agee, Dwight MacDonald and Andrew Sarris Chaplin Times Two by Theodor Adorno A Feeling of Sad Dignity by Robert Warshow The Lineage of Limelight by Walter Kerr In Conclusion After the Gold Rush: Chaplin at 100 by J Hoberman

Part of the Bill Douglas and Peter Jewell Collection