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Theodore Huff, Charlie Chaplin (1951, reprinted 1972), is a scrupulously researched basic study of Chaplin with emphasis on the films themselves. David Robinson, Charlie Chaplin: Comic Genius (1996), is a major biographical and critical study of the filmmaker, written with access to Chaplin’s personal archives. An objective and unsentimental psychological study is Joyce Milton, Tramp: The Life of Charlie Chaplin (1996, reissued 1998). Kenneth S. Lynn, Charlie Chaplin and His Times (1997), examines Chaplin’s life and art in the context of his times and dispels many long-standing myths about the comic. Glenn Mitchell, The Chaplin Encyclopedia (1997), is an A-to-Z compendium of Chaplin-related information. Alan Schroeder, Charlie Chaplin: The Beauty of Silence (1997), is a biographical study with emphasis on Chaplin’s behind-the-scenes approach to filmmaking. Ruth Turk, Charlie Chaplin: Genius of the Silent Screen (2000), explores the influence, or lack thereof, of Chaplin’s private life on his work.
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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified link of Web site: PBS - American Masters - Charlie Chaplin. | Sep 21, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC - 'It's why Chaplin was in a class by himself': The story behind City Lights and cinema's greatest ever final shot. | Jul 27, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Apr 12, 2026 | ||
| Revised opening paragraph. | Feb 05, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Dec 21, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: NPR - The Exile Of Charlie Chaplin. | Sep 27, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: ABC listen - ABC Radio National|Late Night Live - How Charlie Chaplin became a victim of American paranoia. | Jul 28, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - Chapter 272: Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin (PDF). | Jun 19, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Feb 20, 2025 | ||
| Media added. | Feb 11, 2025 | ||
| Added cross-reference to silent film era. | Jan 23, 2025 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Feb 21, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: PBS - American Masters - Charlie Chaplin. | Sep 04, 2023 | ||
| Links added. | Jun 16, 2023 | ||
| Link added. | Feb 01, 2023 | ||
| Links added. | Feb 01, 2023 | ||
| Added cross-references. | Dec 17, 2020 | ||
| Add new Web site: Famous Clowns - Biography of Charlie Chaplin. | Feb 21, 2019 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Jul 25, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: BFI Screenonline - Biography of Charles Chaplin. | Mar 26, 2017 | ||
| Media added. | Aug 25, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: AllMusic - Charles Chaplin. | Dec 10, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Matinee Classics - Biography of Charlie Chaplin. | Jan 29, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: AllMovie - Charles Chaplin. | Jan 29, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Turner Classic Movies - Charlie Chaplin. | Jan 29, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Official Site of Charlie Chaplin. | Jan 28, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: h2g2 - Biography of Charlie Chaplin. | May 21, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Biography of Charlie Chaplin. | May 21, 2012 | ||
| Added photograph. | Mar 31, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Biography of Charlie Chaplin. | Aug 03, 2010 | ||
| Add new Web site: Fact Monster - People - Biography of Charlie Chaplin. | Aug 03, 2010 | ||
| Media added. | Dec 21, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: TIME 100: Charlie Chaplin. | May 11, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | Jun 16, 2005 | ||
| Article revised. | Feb 16, 2001 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |