Scott Eymann – Charlie Chaplin vs. America,
Scott Eymann – Charlie Chaplin vs. America
Scott Eymann is geboren op 2 maart 1951. Hij is een voormalige journalist en schrijver. Veel van zijn boeken gaan over de filmwereld, acteurs, actrices en regisseurs. In zijn nieuwe boek vertelt hij het verhaal van hoe Charlie Chaplin uit de gratis viel in Amerika tijdens de MacCarthy heksenjacht op communisten, medio jaren vijftig van de vorige eeuw.
Charlie Chaplin vs. America
- Auteur: Scott Eymann (Verenigde Staten)
- Soort boek: filmboek
- Taal: Engels
- Uitgever: Simon & Schuster
- Verschijnt: 1 november 2023
- Omvang: 432 pagina’s
- Uitgave: gebonden boek / ebook
- Prijs: $29.99 /
- Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol
Flaptekst van het boek over Charlie Chaplin en America
The remarkable, must-read story of Charlie Chaplin’s years of exile from the United States during the postwar Red Scare, and how it ruined his film career, from bestselling biographer Scott Eyman.
Bestselling Hollywood biographer and film historian Scott Eyman tells the story of Charlie Chaplin’s fall from grace. In the aftermath of World War Two, Chaplin was criticized for being politically liberal and internationalist in outlook. He had never become a US citizen, something that would be held against him as xenophobia set in when the postwar Red Scare took hold.
Politics aside, Chaplin had another problem: his sexual interest in young women. He had been married three times and had had numerous affairs. In the 1940s, he was the subject of a paternity suit, which he lost, despite blood tests that proved he was not the father. His sexuality became a convenient way for those who opposed his politics to condemn him. Refused permission to return to the US from a trip abroad, he settled in Switzerland, and made his last two films in London
In Charlie Chaplin vs. America, bestselling author Scott Eyman explores the life and times of the movie genius who brought us such masterpieces as City Lights and Modern Times. This is a perceptive, insightful portrait of Chaplin and of an America consumed by political turmoil.