{"product_id":"charlie-chaplin-and-a-woman-of-paris-9781476672441","title":"Charlie Chaplin and A Woman of Paris","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e   Charlie Chaplin''s \u003ci\u003eA Woman of Paris\u003c\/i\u003e (1923) was a groundbreaking film which was neither a simple recycling of  Peggy Hopkins Joyce''s story, nor quickly forgotten. Through heavily-documented period research, this book lands several bombshells, including \u003ci\u003eParis\u003c\/i\u003e is deeply rooted in Chaplin''s previous films and his relationship with Edna Purviance, \u003ci\u003eParis\u003c\/i\u003e was not rejected by heartland America, Chaplin did romantic research (especially with Pola Negri), and \u003ci\u003eParis''\u003c\/i\u003e many ongoing influences have never been fully appreciated. These are just a few of the mistakes about \u003ci\u003eParis\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Gehring remains supreme in film comedy scholarship.” —\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Just about anything with film historian and media writer Wes D. Gehring's name on it will be of quality.” —\u003ci\u003eCinema Retro\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword by Anthony Slide\t1\u003cbr\u003ePreface and Acknowledgments\t3\u003cbr\u003ePrologue: Searching for an Artist's Lost Shadow\t5\u003cbr\u003e1. Chaplin's Biography Prior to A Woman of Paris: (A Darkly Farcical Perspective) (1889–1923)\t13\u003cbr\u003e2. \"Chaplinitis\": The Initial Fame Factor and Early Chaplin Films with Tangential Ties to A Woman of Paris\t26\u003cbr\u003e3. The Messiah-like World War I Bond Tour: \"Chaplinitis\" in Overdrive\t50\u003cbr\u003e4. Further Glass Ceiling Breaking: The Precedent Shattering Dark Comedy Shoulder Arms (1918)\t66\u003cbr\u003e5. Edna Purviance: A Less Than \"Sunnyside\" (1919) March to The Kid (1921) and A Woman of Paris (1923)\t77\u003cbr\u003e6. More Revisionism: A Short Subject and The Kid (1921) Continue to Anticipate A Woman of Paris (1923)\t91\u003cbr\u003e7. The Kid (1921) More Than Fulfills the \"Letter to a Genius\" Opening to Chapter 6\t111\u003cbr\u003e8. Charlie Chaplin Goes to Europe (1921)\t122\u003cbr\u003e9. Continuing the Path to A Woman of Paris (1923): A Unique Literary Year and Two Seminal Shorter Works\t138\u003cbr\u003e10. Prologue to A Woman of Paris (1923): The Pilgrim (1923), and the Women Impacting Paris\t159\u003cbr\u003e11. Making A Woman of Paris (1923) and Its Response\t177\u003cbr\u003e12. Correcting More Errors About Both the 1923 Release and the 1970s Rebirth of A Woman of Paris\t193\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue: A Woman of Paris (1923) and the United States of Amnesia\t213\u003cbr\u003eFilmography\t219\u003cbr\u003eChapter Notes\t221\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\t237\u003cbr\u003eIndex\t249","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040434979159,"sku":"9781476672441","price":34.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781476672441.jpg?v=1750946737","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/charlie-chaplin-and-a-woman-of-paris-9781476672441","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}