"Fighting Words": City Lights, Modern Times, and The Great Dictator.

Jaffe, Ira S.

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ERIC Number: EJ210734

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1979

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"Fighting Words": City Lights, Modern Times, and The Great Dictator.

Jaffe, Ira S.

Journal of the University Film Association, v31 n1 p23-32 Win 1979

Examines Chaplin's movement from silent films to sound films and his reluctant use of the spoken word and inclination to link human speech to basically sterile functions. (JMF)

Descriptors: Characterization, Comedy, Content Analysis, Creativity, Film Criticism, Film Production, Film Study, Films, Nonverbal Communication, Pantomime, Speech Communication

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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