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Simon Louvish
An Everyman who expressed the de ant spirit of freedom, Charlie Chaplin was first lauded and later reviled in the America that made him Hollywood’s richest man. He was a…
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An Everyman who expressed the defiant spirit of freedom, Charlie Chaplin was first lauded and later reviled in the America that made him Hollywood's richest man. He was a figure…
Sex goddess, Hollywood star, transgressive playwright, author, blues singer, and vaudeville brat - Mae West remains the 20th century’s greatest comedienne. Simon Louvish brings West to vibrant life in this…
Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy both passed away in the 1950s, yet their films still have the power to reduce audiences old and new to helpless laughter. Laurel inspired Hardy…
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Fanning out from the small Moldavian village of Celovest at the turn of the 20th century, The Dream of Ages follows the global saga of the four sons and two…
Simon Louvish’s new book looks afresh at The Tramp, the mask behind the man, his ceaseless struggle against adversity, and his capacity to represent our own fears, foibles, dreams, inner…
Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy have remained, from 1927 to the present day, the screen’s most famous and popular comedy double act, celebrated by legions of fans. But despite many…
A comprehensive biography of the Marx Brothers –
[Fields] was his own greatest creation, and in Louvish, this complicated artist has finally found the biographer he deserves. -Malcolm Jones, Jr., Newsweek
