In today's interview, I speak with Lisa Stein Haven, a Professor of English at Ohio University and expert in all things Charlie Chaplin. She has written extensively on the actor and director and hosted the first international Charlie Chaplin conference ever held on American soil in 2010, the 100th anniversary of Charlie's first trip to America. In addition to several works on Charlie Chaplin, she has published books about hi brother Syd Chaplin and Max Linder. She joins the show to talk about her latest book, The Early Years of Charlie Chaplin: Final Shorts and First Features.

Listen to hear how Chaplin dealt with the media when he was making movies, what type of person Chaplin truly was, and why Chaplin has been such an inspiration to actors over the last century.

Books mentioned in this episode include:

• The Early Years of Charlie Chaplin: Final Shorts and First Features by Lisa Stein Haven
• My Autobiography by Charlie Chaplin
• Chaplin: His Life and Art by David Robinson
• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
• Plague of Doves by Louise Erdrich
• In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
• Forthcoming book about Buster Keaton by Lisa Stein Haven
• Forthcoming book about Monty Banks by Lisa Stein Haven

Films mentioned in this episode include:

• The Gold Rushdirected by Charlie Chaplin
• City Lights directed by Charlie Chaplin
• The Great Dictator directed by Charlie Chaplin
• Sunrise directed by Andrew Baird
• The Manchurian Candidate directed by John Frankenheimer
• Ed Wood directed by Tim Burton
• Raiders of the Lost Ark directed by Steven Spielberg
• North by Northwest directed by Alfred Hitchcock
• Monty Banks Kickstarter

Follow Lisa on Instagram (@lisasteinhaven) and check out her Amazon Author Page for links to all of her books.