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Chaplin: Film Art and Society

Registration has concluded. A University of Chicago Graham School Open Enrollment course. Summer 2024. Registration details here. This course follows … More

Charlie Chaplin, City Lights, Modern Times, Shoulder Arms, silent film, The Great Dictator, The Kid

Lois Weber: Three Films

Registration is now closed. A Newberry Library Adult Education Seminar (3 sessions, April 13 to April 27). Registration begins January … More

Lois Weber, Shoes, silent film, The Blot, The Dumb Girl of Portici

Podcast: Discussing Chaplin with Aaron Strand of “Behind the Slate.”

A discussion of Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times and The Great Dictator, as well as Chaplin’s use of sound, his central … More

Charles Dickens, Charlie Chaplin, film theory, Modern Times, silent film, The Great Dictator

Chaplin: Five Films

Registration is now closed. A Newberry Library Adult Education Seminar This seminar follows five of Charlie Chaplin’s films in a … More

Charlie Chaplin, City Lights, Modern Times, silent film, The Gold Rush, The Great Dictator, The Kid

The Art of Early Cinema: Seeing and Storytelling

Registration is now closed. A Newberry Library Adult Education Seminar. This seminar offers a lively overview of cinema styles from … More

film theory, silent film

The Art of Silent Film

This Newberry Library seminar is now concluded. It was held in the spring of 2016. This seminar invites you to … More

film, silent film

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