Charlie Chaplin (1951)

Record Details:

Title:
Charlie Chaplin
Date:
1951
Publisher:
New York : Henry Schuman, Inc.
Volume:
Charlie Chaplin
Leaf #:
000319
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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XXV Chaplin as a composer The credit title on "City Lights," "Music composed by Charles Chaplin," brought a surprised and indulgent raising of eyebrows. Because of the occurrence of phrases, here and there, from some familiar melodies, inserted, in most cases, for comic effect, and the use of "La Violetera" (Who'll Buy My Violets) as a theme for the blind flower girl, Chaplin was assumed, by some, to be stretching his claim to everything in the film. Attitudes changed with the subsequent appearances of Chaplin scores in "Modern Times," "The Great Dictator," and "Monsieur Verdoux" (the two latter talkies with occasional musical interludes and "background" music), and with the full score for the reissued "The Gold Rush." A quality, which can only be described as "Chaplinesque" was discerned and commented upon in this music, despite the fact that it was arranged and orchestrated by other hands. Those who still believe that Chaplin merely hummed a tune or two and that "real musicians" did the rest have only to listen to the scores of several of his films. The style is marked and individual. It shows a fondness for romantic waltz hesitations played in very rubato time, lively numbers in two-four time which might be called "promenade themes," and tangos with a strong beat. It can now be seen that Chaplin's music is an integral part of his film conceptions. In similar fashion D. W.