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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
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