| Portion of title |
Sir Charlie |
| 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. |
| Abstract |
A Newbery Medalist presents one of the most compelling rags-to-riches stories of modern times, in this biography of the legendary Little Tramp, Charlie Chaplin. Includes archival prints and photos. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 258-260) and index. |
| Bibliography note | Filmography: p. 261-263. |
| LCCN | 2009019689 |
| ISBN | 9780061896408 (trade bdg.) |
| ISBN | 0061896403 (trade bdg.) |
| ISBN | 9780061896415 (lib. bdg.) |
| ISBN | 0061896411 (lib. bdg.) |
