{"product_id":"charlie-chaplin-the-keystone-album-the-invention-of-the-tramp-hardcover","title":"Charlie Chaplin: The Keystone Album: The Invention of the Tramp - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCarole Sandrin\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eSam Stourdzé\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eGlenn Mitchell\u003c\/b\u003e (Text by (Art\/Photo Books))\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe evolution of Chaplin's tramp: a gorgeous facsimile of a film scholar's lovingly made scrapbook from the 1940s\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eCharlie Chaplin: The Keystone Album\u003c\/i\u003e brings together 794 images--technically photograms, printed directly from film frames--from 29 of Charlie Chaplin's first 36 short films made with the Keystone Film Company in 1914. The strips trace the evolution of Chaplin's iconic Tramp character as the actor developed his trademark gestures in his short films, before eventually immortalizing the character in the 1915 feature \u003ci\u003eThe Tramp\u003c\/i\u003e. These images were found in a curious document, dubbed \"The Keystone Album,\" laid out almost like a comic book, with handwritten captions giving the titles of the films and their reconstituted scenarios. It was confirmed in 2014 that H.D. Waley, a former artistic director of the British Film Institute, compiled the extraordinary album in the 1940s in order to keep a record of the original versions of Chaplin's first films, which were being restored at the time. This beautiful Japanese-bound volume reproduces \u003ci\u003eThe Keystone Album\u003c\/i\u003e in a facsimile edition that faithfully retains the look and spirit of the original, including all 794 original images and their meticulous handwritten annotations (transcribed at the back of the book) in their original layouts, as well as new texts by Carole Sandrin, Sam Stourdzé and Glenn Mitchell.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 12.4 x 16.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 24, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769762644256,"sku":"9782365110679","price":180.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/6f7ff3d545cdfcbd052d0cd1f9517016.webp?v=1780355782","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/charlie-chaplin-the-keystone-album-the-invention-of-the-tramp-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}