02465cam a2200493 i 4500 505036528 TxAuBib 20210628120000.0 160809s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2016033768 9780399542411 library binding 0399542418 library binding 9780448490168 paperback 0448490161 paperback TxAuBib rda Demuth, Patricia,. Who was Charlie Chaplin? / by Patricia Brennan Demuth ; illustrated by Gregory Copeland. New York, New York : Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House, [2016] 106 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 20 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Who was Who was-- ? Includes bibliographical references (page 106). Who was Charlie Chaplin? -- Poverty -- On stage -- Slapstick comedy -- The big screen -- Director and star -- Fame -- A new studio -- Blockbusters -- The tramp exits -- Exile -- Final bow -- Timelines. Charlie Chaplin sang on a London stage for the first time at the age of five. Performing proved to be his salvation, providing a way out of a life of hardship and poverty. Success came early and made Chaplin one of the best loved people in the United States until the McCarthy witch hunts drove Chaplin from his adopted country. This is a moving portrait of a multi-talented manactor, director, writer, even music composerand the complicated times he lived in. 20210628. Chaplin, Charlie 1889-1977 Juvenile literature. Chaplin, Charlie 1889-1977. Motion picture actors and actresses United States Biography Juvenile literature. Comedians United States Biography Juvenile literature. Comedians Biography. Motion picture producers and directors United States Biography Juvenile literature. Actors and actresses Biography. Producers and directors Biography. Biography. Biographies. Nonfiction. Copeland, Gregory, illustrator. Who was. Who was-- ? TXTLL