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Charlie in the Heartland Chaplin Bio

Frank Scheide Biography

Frank Scheide is Professor at the Department of Communication of the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville, where he teaches film history and criticism.  He received his Ph.D. in Communication Arts at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he wrote his dissertation on Charles Chaplin's background in English Music Hall.  Scheide has lectured extensively on Chaplin and other silent filmmakers, and has been co-chair of the annual Buster Keaton Celebration, in Iola, Kansas, since 1998.  Working with Hooman Mehran, Scheide has co-edited three books analyzing the art and life of Charles Chaplin ­ Chaplin:  The Dictator and the Tramp (2004)¸ Chaplin’s Limelight and the Music Hall Tradition (2006)and the forthcoming The Chaplin Persona:  Invention, Evolution, and Imitation