Charlie Chaplin''s Red Letter Days - At Work With the Comic Genius

This is a behind-the-scenes look at film comedian Charlie Chaplin by an actor in Chaplin's stock company. In 1916 Fred Goodwins wrote more than thirty-five articles for Red Letter magazine that provide fascinating insights about Chaplin at work and play-articles that few have seen since they were written a century ago.

About the author

Fred Goodwins (1891-1923) was a former New York Times London correspondent who became an actor, writer, and director during the silent film era.

David James is a film historian and senior lecturer in film and media studies at Manchester Metropolitan University in the United Kingdom.

Dan Kamin created the physical comedy sequences for Chaplin and Benny and Joon and trained Robert Downey Jr. and Johnny Depp for their acclaimed performances. He is the author of The Comedy of Charlie Chaplin (Scarecrow Press, 2008).

Summary

This is a behind-the-scenes look at film comedian Charlie Chaplin by an actor in Chaplin's stock company. In 1916 Fred Goodwins wrote more than thirty-five articles for Red Letter magazine that provide fascinating insights about Chaplin at work and play-articles that few have seen since they were written a century ago.

Product details

• Authors: Goodwins, Fred Goodwins, Goodwins Fred
• Assisted by: David James (Editor), Dan Kamin (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.04.2017
• EAN: 9781442278080
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-7808-0
• No. of pages: 338
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; PERFORMING ARTS / Acting & Auditioning, PERFORMING ARTS / Comedy, Individual actors & performers, Performing arts: comedy, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, Comedy and stand-up, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), Individual actors and performers, Individual Film Directors, Film-Makers, Film Theory & Criticism, c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period), PERFORMING ARTS / Individual Director, Film history, theory or criticism