Charles Chaplin My Autobiography by Charles Chaplin
Reader’s review Charlie Chaplin is easily the most brilliant man that ever lived on-screen, and he had a very fascinating life, as you learn from his autobiography that Chaplin wrote late on in his life.
He tells us of his childhood, living in poverty in London, his father rarely ever being there. About how Charlie, his mother, and brother Sydney had to go for a job at the workhouse, his mother later ended up going insane and was put into a Lunatic Asylum. His early life in the theatre, before going into the film business. Working for Mack Sennett's Keystone company, talking about Mabel Normand. His Essannay and Mutual films. He talks about his early romances, Edna Purviance and others. His marriages, firstly to Mildred Harris, up to his last wife, Oona O'Neill. He talks about his times with First National, then about forming United Artists with Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and D.W. Griffith. About his much loved feature films like 'The Kid' etc, however, he fails to mention 'The Circus' in his autobiography at all. And so on, and so on.
While Chaplin fails to mention certain things in his autobiography, you still get an interesting look at the man himself, and his most interesting life.
This book is most highly recommended, and no true Chaplin fan should be without it. More details |
