Charlie Chaplin (1951)

Record Details:

Title:
Charlie Chaplin
Date:
1951
Publisher:
New York : Henry Schuman, Inc.
Volume:
Charlie Chaplin
Leaf #:
00054
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
{"Media History Digital Library","Richard Koszarski","Jeff Joseph"}
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
March 21, 2024
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cc 34 of genuine troupers. She and Chaplin often discussed their work and life. Mabel also acted as liaison between him and "Moike" (as she called her boy friend, Mack Sennett) in discussion of raises and other delicate matters. Chaplin is also reported to have received valuable camera-acting tips from her. If so, "Keystone Mabel," in turn, made use of some Chaplinesque bits in her greatest success, "Mickey" (1918). In fact, the silent screen's greatest comedienne was often called the female Chaplin. In private life she had some of the same gifts of mimicry and repartee. She joked even on her death bed. "A very remarkable girl," was Chaplin's obituary. Almost all the Keystone players of this 1914 period went on to fame and fortune, but none to such heights as Chaplin reached — he whom several of them had predicted would prove unsuited to films.