RADICAL CHAPLIN

Chaplin Returns to US - for 10 days

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Hollywood Ten

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Chaplin was unofficialy blacklisted along with a 1hundreds of other writters, directors, actors and artists following a highprofile witchhunt by the House Committe of Unamerican Activities.

Over 60 Hollywood artists were called before the comittee to answer questions about their own andd others political affiliation. Eighteen refused to anwer the question - Are you or have you ever been a member of the communist party. Ten were subsequently jailed for contempt of the committee.

This film was made in colaboration with those jailed:

One of a number of documentaries about US Labour Movement that give good background to Modern Times

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Useful Backgroung documentary

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Ideas

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I have decided to expole Charlie Chaplin for my film studies research project. i have watched some of his films and read a little about him. I am interested by his politics and the coments he was making about society and the world in which he was working. I have decided that my focus will be Modern Times (1936) because of its direct comments about the industrialisation of the US - it is his last silent film and also the last in which he appears as the iconic tramp (13). The other two supporting films will be: 1) The Kid (1921) because it is his first long film, 60min, and is regarded as both a personal and political work in which the theam of supporting the underdog is clearly established 2) The Great Dictator (1942) because of its overt attack on Hitler.

Catalogue so far!

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Internet

1) Wikipedia “Charlie Chaplin” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Chaplin

2) Official site http://www.charliechaplin.com/news

3) Internet Movie Database http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000122/

4) British Film Institute Resources http://chaplin.bfi.org.uk/resources/bfi/

Books

5) Film Directors A-, Geoff Andrews, Carlton Books, 2005 (LR Library)

6) Quinlan’s Film Directors, Quinlan, Batsford, 1999 (LR Library)

7) Here We Stand – Politics Performers and Performance, Colin Chambers NHB, 2006 (Central Library)

8) Radical Holywood, Buhle & Wagner, The New Press, 2002 (Central Library)

9) Silent Comedy, Paul Merton, Random House, 2007 (Central Library)

10) Chaplin - Genius of the Cinema, Jeffrey Vance, Abrams, 2003 (Central Library)

DVD

11) The Kid (Charlie Chaplin, 1921), (1972 Chaplin Re-edit), Park Circus DVD, 2010

12) Modern Times (Charlie Chaplin, 1936) , Park Circus, 2010

13) The Great Dictator (Charlie Chaplin, 1940), Park Circus, 2010