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Empire Made Me: An Englishman Adrift in Shanghai
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Empire Made Me: An Englishman Adrift in Shanghai Hardcover - 2003

by Bickers, Robert

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New York: Columbia University Press, 2003. First printing. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. First edition, 2003. Cloth hardcover in dust jacket, 409 pp., illustrated, clean unmarked text, Fine copy in Near Fine dust jacket. Uncommon.
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  • Title Empire Made Me: An Englishman Adrift in Shanghai
  • Author Bickers, Robert
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First printing
  • Condition Used - Fine
  • Pages 320
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Columbia University Press, New York
  • Date 2003
  • Features Dust Cover
  • Bookseller's Inventory # s00011047
  • ISBN 9780810833777 / 0810833778
  • Weight 1.3 lbs (0.59 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.76 x 6 x 1.11 in (22.25 x 15.24 x 2.82 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Motion picture actors and actresses - United, Motion picture producers and directors -
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 97-25443
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

From the rear cover

At the age of 10, Charley Chase was singing and dancing on the street corners of Baltimore. The coins that tenement dwellers tossed his way helped the young boy support his impoverished family. Charley eventually became a local vaudeville attraction, but Baltimore could not contain the ambitious young man. After a brief but memorable stint in New York, Chase landed in Los Angeles in 1912. His timely arrival coincided with the birth of the film industry, and Charley Chase became a major force in shaping the evolution of motion picture comedy. A human dynamo, Charley's talent and creativity seemed inexhaustible. As a writer-director-actor, Charley started out at Mack Sennett's Keystone Studios. Working with Fatty Arbuckle and Charlie Chaplin, Chase quickly became one of Sennett's top directors. Later, at other studios, he directed, then starred in, his own series of funny and inventive two-reelers. Behind the scenes, Charley Chase was instrumental in shaping the careers of both Laurel & Hardy and The Three Stooges. Writer, producer, director, and comedian, Charley Chase may have been the most versatile performer in the history of motion pictures. Smile When the Raindrops Fall examines the life and career of one of Hollywood's great comedy innovators.

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About the author

Brian Anthony is an independent filmmaker and served as writer/producer/director of the award-winning feature film "Victor's Big Score." He is a veteran motion picture historian and film preservationist. Andy Edmonds has worked as a writer, producer, and investigative reporter in the Los Angeles area for the past eighteen years. She has authored five books, including Frame-Up! The Untold Story of Fatty Arbuckle.

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