By Stephen Weissman
Published: Arcade Publishing, 2008.
315 pp. Hardcover in original dust jacket. Not Ex-Lib.
An intimate portrait of the eminent silent-film star offers insight into the pivotal role of childhood tragedies in forming his personality and art, in an account that describes the poverty and parental alcoholism that marked his early years, his first achievements in British music halls, and his sudden success in America.
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