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Sir Charlie Chaplin : the funniest man in the world / Sid Fleischman.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Greenwillow Books, c2010.Edition: 1st edDescription: vi, 268 p. : ill. ; 27 cmISBN:
  • 9780061896408
Other title:
  • Charlie Chaplin
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 791.4302/8/092 B 22
LOC classification:
  • PN2287.C5 F56 2010
Contents:
The boy in the blue overcoat -- Bleak houses -- Life in the booby hatch -- Life with father -- Poster boy -- On becoming invisible -- Enter, Sherlock -- Don't mug too much -- A red nose -- A tipsy gentleman -- A comedian among the orange groves -- The galloping tintypes -- The lens louse -- Mable, the movie star -- Opus one: the sleepwalker -- Charlie and the ten grand rumor -- Chaplin and the cross-eyed man -- The millionaire tramp -- Dawn on Sunset Boulevard -- A marriage of mayflies -- Where's Charlie? -- Room service -- The eternal washtub -- Deja woes -- Don't eat peanuts or drop shells on the floor -- Silence spoken here -- The impertinent gesture -- Five francs a glance -- The red flag -- Welcome to Tomania -- The vaporous Jew -- The cockney cad -- Throw the rascal out! -- So long, Charlie -- Takes and mistakes -- Brimstone in the air -- Sir Charlie -- A life in concrete.
Summary: Chronicles the life and accomplishments of Charlie Chaplin, describing the silent film star and director's impoverished childhood in London and his rise to fame in Hollywood and within the film industry.
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Hardcover Beverly Middle School 92 CHAPLIN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 704236

Includes bibliographical references, filmography (p. 261-263) and index.

The boy in the blue overcoat -- Bleak houses -- Life in the booby hatch -- Life with father -- Poster boy -- On becoming invisible -- Enter, Sherlock -- Don't mug too much -- A red nose -- A tipsy gentleman -- A comedian among the orange groves -- The galloping tintypes -- The lens louse -- Mable, the movie star -- Opus one: the sleepwalker -- Charlie and the ten grand rumor -- Chaplin and the cross-eyed man -- The millionaire tramp -- Dawn on Sunset Boulevard -- A marriage of mayflies -- Where's Charlie? -- Room service -- The eternal washtub -- Deja woes -- Don't eat peanuts or drop shells on the floor -- Silence spoken here -- The impertinent gesture -- Five francs a glance -- The red flag -- Welcome to Tomania -- The vaporous Jew -- The cockney cad -- Throw the rascal out! -- So long, Charlie -- Takes and mistakes -- Brimstone in the air -- Sir Charlie -- A life in concrete.

Wilson's Children, October 2010

Wilson's Junior High School, September 2011

School Library Journal starred, June 2010

Booklist starred, June 2010

Pub Weekly, May 2010

Kirkus Starred, May 2010

Horn Book, October 2010

Bulletin (Center for Children's books), August 2010

Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), June 2010

Library Media Connection, November 2010

Chronicles the life and accomplishments of Charlie Chaplin, describing the silent film star and director's impoverished childhood in London and his rise to fame in Hollywood and within the film industry.

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5-8 Follett School Solutions.

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