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Charlie Chaplin and the Nazis

The Long German Campaign Against the Artist

By: Norbert Aping

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Charlie Chaplin and the Nazis

The Long German Campaign Against the Artist

By: Norbert Aping

Until recently, it was assumed that the Nazis agitated against Chaplin from 1931 to 1933, and then again from 1938, when his plan to make The Great Dictator became public. This book demonstrates that Nazi agitation against Chaplin was in fact a constant from 1926 through the Third Reich. When The Gold Rush was released in the Weimar Republic in 1926, the Nazis began to fight Chaplin, whom they alleged to be Jewish, and attempted to expose him as an intellectual property thief whose fame had faded. In early 1935, the film The Gold Rush was explicitly banned from German theaters. In 1936, the NSDAP Main Archives opened its own file on Chaplin, and the same year, he became entangled in the machinery of Nazi press control. German diplomats were active on a variety of international levels to create a mood against The Great Dictator. The Nazis' dehumanizing attacks continued until 1944, when an opportunity to capitalize on the Joan Barry scandal arose. This book paints a complicated picture of how the Nazis battled Chaplin as one of their most reviled foreign artists.

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1476687404

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The Final Film of Laurel and Hardy

A Study of the Chaotic Making and Marketing of Atoll K

By: Norbert Aping

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The Final Film of Laurel and Hardy

A Study of the Chaotic Making and Marketing of Atoll K

By: Norbert Aping

The remarkable story behind the planning, development and marketing of Laurel and Hardy's ill-received final film, Atoll K, has been little explored. Details on the script development, cast, crew, locations, and even basic information on running times and release dates have been sketchy at best since the film's 1951 release. This work reconstructs the circumstances surrounding this unusual international co-production (Atoll K was a French-Italian film with English-speaking stars). Through lost documents detailing the film's production and funding, previously unreleased behind-the-scenes photos, and a rare interview with French movie star Suzy Delair, the author explores the continuous changes to the film's script during its chaotic production and the final marketing of the film's many different versions (Atoll K was also released as Robinson Crusoeland in the United Kingdom and as Utopia in the United States). Several appendices detail alternative sequences and cut scenes in various versions of the film and include French box-office reports from 1951 to 1952 as well as a complete filmography.

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0786451742

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9780786451746

Charlie Chaplin and the Nazis

The Long German Campaign Against the Artist

By: Norbert Aping

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The Long German Campaign Against the Artist

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The Final Film of Laurel and Hardy

A Study of the Chaotic Making and Marketing of Atoll K

By: Norbert Aping

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A Study of the Chaotic Making and Marketing of Atoll K

By: Norbert Aping

This work reconstructs circumstances surrounding this unusual international co-production (Atoll K was a French-Italian film with English-speaking stars). Through lost documents, previously unreleased behind-the-scenes photos, and interview with French movie star Suzy Delair (Châerie Lamour), the author explores changes to the script during production and the final marketing of the film's many versions"--Provided by publisher.

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0786433027

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9780786433025

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Charlie Chaplin and the Nazis

Charlie Chaplin and the Nazis

The Final Film of Laurel and Hardy

The Final Film of Laurel and Hardy

Charlie Chaplin and the Nazis

Charlie Chaplin and the Nazis

The Final Film of Laurel and Hardy

The Final Film of Laurel and Hardy

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