Tramp: The Life of Charlie Chaplin

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Summary: American Slapstick
Review: Joyce Milton's painstakable bio on Chaplin is amazing. She writes over 500 small-print pages of absolute detail from David Robinson's cover-all-ground novel, to Richard Attenborough's bio-pic "CHAPLIN". Though Chaplin fans may be getting tired of endless bio's, she says all the same, but with new detail and some new facts. I would recommend this story of rags-to-riches to anybody. ***** out of five

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Summary: This is a terrific book
Review: Some of the griping you're reading here is misplaced. If you're a huge Chaplin fan and can't face the warts, go buy the Robinson book and obsess on the minutiae of Chaplin's oevre. But if you want to really know what kind of man he was, this book is as good as any, maybe a lot better.

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Summary: Don't Bother
Review: The author of this book obviously has no empathy for Chaplin and because of this the reader does not get a "feel" for the real man. Chaplins life was anything but dull, however this book is.

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Summary: Don't Bother
Review: The author of this book obviously has no empathy for Chaplin and because of this the reader does not get a "feel" for the real man. Chaplins life was anything but dull, however this book is.

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Summary: Unworthy of her subject
Review: The less said of this book the better. For the person interested in Chaplin's life and work, David Robinson's _Chaplin: His Life and Art_ remains the definitive volume. I highly recommend it and a Chaplin film festival from your video store. Don't waste your time and money on Milton's trash masquerading as a respectable bio

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Summary: horrid....
Review: very biased & catty...she made him out as a monster, HATED this book, really

Rating:
Summary: horrid....
Review: very biased & catty...she made him out as a monster, HATED this book, really

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Summary: Awful !
Review: What can I say other than this book offers a poorly written cocked-eyed version of Chaplin's life. Try reading the first two chapers and you will know why.

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Summary: For Completists Only
Review: While she does trod some new ground here, Joyce Milton's biography is recommended only for those who have already viewed the original movies, and read David Robinson's definitive biography, CHAPLIN, Charles Maland's CHAPLIN AND AMERICAN CULTURE, Walter Kerr's THE SILENT CLOWNS, and seen Brownlow and Gill's documentary, THE UNKNOWN CHAPLIN. Joyce's emphasis is on Chaplin's politics and relations with women. While these subjects are worthy of study, they are limiting in scope and do not provide a well-rounded portrait worthy of the artist and the man.