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Charlie Chaplin vs. America : when art, sex, and politics collided / Scott Eyman.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2023Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover editionDescription: 416 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white), portraits ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
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  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781982176358
  • 1982176350
  • 9781982176365
  • 1982176369
Other title:
  • Charlie Chaplin versus America [Other title]
  • When art, sex, and politics collided
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Contents:
Prologue -- Part one -- Part two -- Part three -- Epilogue.
Summary: "The story of Charlie Chaplin's years of self-imposed exile from the United States, when he had become a pariah during the 1950s Red Scare. While living abroad he made his last, and by general agreement, worst films, only to return home years later to a triumphant reception"-- Provided by publisher.Summary: In the aftermath of World War Two, Charlie Chaplin was criticized for being politically liberal and internationalist in outlook. He had never become a US citizen, something that would be held against him as xenophobia set in when the postwar Red Scare took hold. Politics aside, Chaplin had another problem: his sexual interest in young women. He had been married three times and had numerous affairs. In the 1940s he was the subject of a paternity suit, which he lost, despite blood tests that proved he was not the father. His sexuality became a convenient way for those who opposed his politics to condemn him. Refused permission to return to the US from a trip abroad, he settled in Switzerland, and made his last two films in London. Eyman explores the life and times of the movie genius-- and of an America consumed by political turmoil. -- adapted from jacket
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The "shocking" ( The Wall Street Journal ), must-read story of Charlie Chaplin's years of exile from the United States during the postwar Red Scare, and how it ruined his film career, from bestselling biographer Scott Eyman.

Bestselling Hollywood biographer and film historian Scott Eyman tells the story of Charlie Chaplin's fall from grace. In the aftermath of World War II, Chaplin was criticized for being politically liberal and internationalist in outlook. He had never become a US citizen, something that would be held against him as xenophobia set in when the postwar Red Scare took hold.

Politics aside, Chaplin had another problem: his sexual interest in young women. He had been married three times and had had numerous affairs. In the 1940s, he was the subject of a paternity suit, which he lost, despite blood tests that proved he was not the father. His sexuality became a convenient way for those who opposed his politics to condemn him. Refused permission to return to the US after a trip abroad, he settled in Switzerland and made his last two films in London.

In Charlie Chaplin vs. America , Scott Eyman explores the life and times of the movie genius who brought us such masterpieces as City Lights and Modern Times . "One of the finest surveys of the man and the artist ever written" (Leonard Maltin) this book is "a sobering account of cancel culture in action." ( The Economist ).

Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-394) and index.

Prologue -- Part one -- Part two -- Part three -- Epilogue.

"The story of Charlie Chaplin's years of self-imposed exile from the United States, when he had become a pariah during the 1950s Red Scare. While living abroad he made his last, and by general agreement, worst films, only to return home years later to a triumphant reception"-- Provided by publisher.

In the aftermath of World War Two, Charlie Chaplin was criticized for being politically liberal and internationalist in outlook. He had never become a US citizen, something that would be held against him as xenophobia set in when the postwar Red Scare took hold. Politics aside, Chaplin had another problem: his sexual interest in young women. He had been married three times and had numerous affairs. In the 1940s he was the subject of a paternity suit, which he lost, despite blood tests that proved he was not the father. His sexuality became a convenient way for those who opposed his politics to condemn him. Refused permission to return to the US from a trip abroad, he settled in Switzerland, and made his last two films in London. Eyman explores the life and times of the movie genius-- and of an America consumed by political turmoil. -- adapted from jacket

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