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(CHAPLIN, CHARLES) (ADDAMS, DAWN). Addams, Dawn & John Francis Lane. Introduction and Afterword by James Pepper. Santa Barbara, NM: Santa Teresa Press / James Pepper Rare Books, I00240428, 2024. First Edition 1/500 Copies. 6 x 4", 12mo. Pictorial Wrappers. Cinema Monograph. New. 64pp, 6 b&w illustration + covers. Charles Chaplin was shamefully exiled from America in 1952 during the time of McCarthyism and fear of communism. In 1956, Chaplin wrote and directed in England the comedy "A King In New York" that satirized America in the atomic age and blacklisting. He cast English actress Dawn Addams as his co-star. Just before the film's release in 1957, film writer John Francis Lane sat down with Addams and conducted a very illuminating interview on what it was like to work with Chaplin. This volume reveals new information on the film including previously unpublished notes by Charles Chaplin written during the picture's production giving his thoughts and definitions of comedy and tragedy, as well as an introduction and afterword by the book's publisher, film historian and noted Antiquarian bookseller James Pepper. A brand new example of this privately produced tiny gem limited to five hundred copies. Inventory Number: I00240428