Syd Chaplin

A Biography

Add to my list

by Lisa K. Stein

Type

Biographies

Subject

Actor > Syd Chaplin

Keywords

Syd Chaplin, actor, silent cinema

Publishing date

2010

Publisher

McFarland & Co

Collection

Silent Cinema

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Paperback • 279 pages
7 x 10 inches (18 x 25.5 cm)

ISBN

978-0-7864-6035-9

User Ratings

(0 vote)

X

Average rating:

0	rating	= We can do without
0	rating	= Good book
0	rating	= Excellent book
0	rating	= Unique / a reference

Your rating: -

Book Presentation:
This is the first study of the life and art of Sydney Chaplin, Charlie Chaplin’s brother, a person notable not only for his importance in establishing his brother’s career, but in several other early Hollywood enterprises, including the founding of United Artists and the Syd Chaplin Aircraft Corporation, America’s first domestic airline. Sydney also had a successful film career, beginning in 1914 with Keystone and culminating with a string of popular films for Warner Bros. in the 1920s. Sydney’s film career ended in 1929 because of an assault charge by an actress. This incident proved to be only the last in a string of scandals, each causing him to move to another place, another studio, or another business venture.

About the Author:
Lisa K. Stein is an assistant professor of English at Ohio University Zanesville, in Zanesville, Ohio. A Chaplin scholar for the past ten years, she edited the Charlie Chaplin e-newsletter for four years, the only newsletter sanctioned by the Chaplin family organization.

Press Reviews:
"excellent research"—Senses of Cinema.

See the publisher website: McFarland & Co

See the complete filmography of Syd Chaplin on the website: IMDB ...