Charlie in the Heartland

An International Charlie Chaplin Conference

October 28, 29, and 30, 2010

Ohio University Zanesville, Zanesville, OH USA

ONLINE REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!

conference schedule

airport shuttle now available
Shuttle Reservations End October 21st!

Keynote Speaker and Honoree: 
Charles J. Maland,
Professor and Head of the University of Tennessee English Department and author of Chaplin and American Culture: The Evolution of a Star Image, celebrating its 20th anniversary

Other Confirmed Featured Speakers:

David Robinson, Film Critic and author of Chaplin: His Life and Art

Kate Guyonvarch, Director of Roy Export S.A.S.
and the Association Chaplin office, Paris

Cecilia Cenciarelli, Archivist and Head of Progetto Chaplin, Cineteca di Bologna, Bologna, Italy

(Kate and Cecilia have been interviewed here.)

Frank Scheide,
Professor of Communications at the University of Arkansas and Co-Editor of The Chaplin Review

David Shepard, Film Preservationist Mr. Shepard promises to bring the newly restored Tillie’s Punctured Romance, as well as many other Chaplin films.

Linda Wada, founder and editor of ednapurviance.org will be presenting her documentary on Edna Purviance entitled “Edna Purviance: Angel from Nevada”. 

Peter Wyeth, writer and filmmaker, will present his film “Charlie Goes to School”

“A Thief Catcher,” Chaplin’s Lost Keystone film will be screened Saturday, October 30th

Graduate Student Award Competition

      Conference Features: 

Free Film Showings

      Full-length Chaplin Feature Film plus Chaplin shorts, outtakes, and oddities.

      Chaplin Lookalike Contest (It's Halloween!!)

The Zanesville Museum of Art will host a Chaplin-oriented exhibit “Charlie Chaplin and American Culture.”beginning October 1, 2010 in conjunction with the conference.

Friday, October 29th 6:30PM screening of The Kid/The Idle Class at the Twin City Opera House, McConnelsville, OH. Highlight Twin City Opera House.

Click here for information about how the community is pulling together to make the conference a great experience.

Sponsors:

Roy Export S.A.S.  

“Charlie Chaplin” by Vern Allen - Click any image to enlarge it.