Charlie in the Heartland

An International Charlie Chaplin Conference

October 28, 29, and 30, 2010

Ohio University Zanesville, Zanesville, OH USA

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.

Call for Papers

      Conference Features:  (Please check back for additions and updates)

Charlie Chaplin’s City Lights on the Big Screen with Maestro Timothy Brock and the Ohio University Orchestra, Sunday, October 24, 2010 in Zanesville.
Orchestra director Steven Huang will conduct a similar event the week before (TBA) on main campus in Athens, OH.  Check back for more information and tickets.

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

      Chaplin Film Parody Competition

      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.

The Zanesville, Ohio community will open its doors for conference  visitors this weekend.  A list of "spare time" activities will appear here shortly.

Sponsors:

Roy Export S.A.S.