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Tillie's Punctured Romance is a 1928 American silent circus comedy film starring W. C. Fields as a ringmaster and Louise Fazenda as a runaway. Written by Monte Brice and Keene Thompson and directed by ...

WEMU's David Fair meets up again with Marquee Arts executive director Russ Collins to chat about everything going in the ...

It’s an indelible icon of America’s early 20th century: A bowler hat and a toothbrush mustache, baggy trousers with worn-out shoes, a cheap cane, and a funny walk, all garnished with an ...

Combine an intelligent interviewer with a roster of guests that, according to the Chicago Tribune, would be prized by any talk-show host, and you're bound to get an interesting conversation. Fresh Air ...

Author Scott Eyman explains how Chaplin was smeared in the press, condemned for his alleged communist ties and banned from returning to the U.S. Originally broadcast ...

On the former country estate of the Chaplin family, "Manoir de Ban" in Corsier-sur-Vevey, a whole new world around the man with the bowler hat has been opened. And it’s here in the manor house with ...

A survey of Greek history from Homer to the Hellenistic period, based primarily on a close reading of ancient sources in translation. The course covers the emergence of the polis in the Dark Age, ...

Two big-budget films are set to battle at the box office: Wicked offers a gravity-defying origin story for the Wicked Witch of the West, while Gladiator II revisits the violence of ancient Rome.

In this series, Charlie Taylor discovers more about the man who has become known as 'the Great'. Each episode will feature leading historians, including TV’s Dan Snow and Dr Janina Ramirez and ...