CHARLIE CHAPLIN

Seria "Movie Icons" to nowa seria prezentująca w pierwszej odsłonie gwiazyHollywood. Charles Chaplin's Little Tramp is the supreme icon of motionpictures—still recognized and loved throughout the world, more than90 years since he first burst on the screen. The shabby littlefigure—with derby hat, too-tight jacket, oversized boots and pants,dandified bow tie, and swagger cane—seemed to symbolize the hopesand fears, defeats and optimism of all humanity. Chaplin's own biographywas a rags-to-riches story that saw the product of a destitute childhoodin Victorian London become one of Hollywood's first millionaires and theowner of his own studio before he was 30. His supreme gift was totransform his experience and knowledge of the human lot into comedy, forwhich his invention and skill have never been surpassed. The Movie Icon series: People talk about Hollywood glamour, about studiosthat had more stars than there are in heaven, about actors who weren'tactors but were icons. Other people talk about these things, TASCHEN showsyou. Movie Icons is a series of photo books that feature the most famouspersonalities in the history of cinema. These 192-page books are visualbiographies of the stars. For each title, series editor Paul Duncan haspainstaking selected approximately 150 high quality enigmatic andsumptuous portraits, colorful posters and lobby cards, rare film stills,and previously unpublished candid photos showing the stars as they reallyare. These images are accompanied by concise introductory essays byleading film writers; each book also includes a chronology, a filmography,and a bibliography, and is peppered with apposite quotes from the moviesand from life.