My Autobiography
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4.2 • 24 Ratings
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Publisher Description
Born into a theatrical family, Chaplin's father died of drink while his mother, unable to bear the poverty, suffered from bouts of insanity, Chaplin embarked on a film-making career which won him immeasurable success, as well as intense controversy. His extraordinary autobiography was first published in 1964 and was written almost entirely without reference to documentation - simply as an astonishing feat of memory by a 75 year old man. It is an incomparably vivid reconstruction of a poor London childhood, the music hall and then his prodigious life in the movies.
Customer Reviews
There will never be anyone like Charlie ever again
There are critics of this book who moan that he doesn't go into detail of each film he made. That's not what he set out to do when he wrote this. He'd finally settled in Vevey and the U.S was at last a memory and he clearly wanted to put the record straight. It's also about his view of his life and a summing up of what it has been till that point. It is a wonderfully written account by one of the greatest intellects of the entertainment business in the 20th century and one of the last great Britons.
My autobiography
Great read
Outstanding. Truth and feeling
My all time favourite book. I return to it again and again to feel happy, sad, inspired, humbled, enlightened and lost in a world of the past.
So well written and eloquently expressed. A great man of whom the world cannot match.
Lesley Leckie. A fan.