Chaplin's "Limelight" and the Music Hall Tradition

Frank Scheide is associate professor of film history and criticism at the University of Arkansas. He lives in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Hooman Mehran lives in New York City. Dan Kamin trained Robert Downey, Jr., for his Oscar-nominated performance in Chaplin. He lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      Introduction      Part I. The Making of LimelightLimelight—An Annotated Commentary      Not Quite According to Plan: Chaplin, Keaton and the Production of Limelight      The Three Ages of Limelight      The Ghostly Absence of “The Armless Wonder”: Afterthoughts on a Last-Minute Cut      Part II. The Limelight interviewsEugène Lourié      Claire Bloom      Melissa Hayden      Julian Ludwig      Jerome Epstein      Yodogawa Nagaharu      Part III. The Music Hall TraditionChaplin Tribute to the Theater of his Youth      The Identity of Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century Music Hall, Limelight and the Tragedy of the Rejected Performer      Dashing with Eva Lester on the Road to Ruin      Leo Dryden and “The Miner’s Dream of Home”      The Mysterious Marceline      Harlequin in the New World      Music Hall Hollywood—Part I      Part IV. Featured Articles and ReviewsWho’s Who in the Chaplin Keystones      Chaplin on Radio—Part II      New DVD Releases of Chaplin Films      About the Contributors      Index