Introduction: The Tramp Transformed
I. Five Overviews. The Most Harmonious Comedian / Andrew Sarris. The Demon Tramp / David Thomson. Charlie Chaplin's Film Heroines / Stephen M. Weissman. The Art of Charlie Chaplin / Elie Faure. Charlie Chaplin / André Bazin
II. In the Beginning. The Art of Charles Chaplin / Minnie Maddern Fiske. The Tramp / Gilbert Adair. "I am Here To-day" / Gilbert Seldes. Fame / Alistair Cooke
III. The Early Features. The Kid / Francis Hackett. The Pilgrim / Robert E. Sherwood. "Dear Mr. Chaplin" / Stark Young. On "A Woman of Paris" / Penelope Gilliatt. The New Chaplin Comedy / Edmund Wilson. Dorado Eldorado / G. Cabrera Infante. The Circus / Stark Young. The Circus / Stanley Kauffman. Charlie-As Ever Was / Alexander Woollcott. The Chaplin Buncombe / George Jean Nathan
IV. A Mid-Life Crisis Everybody's Language / Winston Churchill. Chaplin at Mid-Passage / Max Eastman. Charlie Chaplin / Brooks Atkinson
V. The Late Features. Modern Times / Graham Greene. Hallelujah, Bum Again / Otis Ferguson. The Great Dictator / Dilys Powell. Less Time for Comedy / Otis Ferguson. Monsieur Verdoux / James Agee. Monsieur Verdoux / Dwight MacDonald. Monsieur Verdoux / Andrew Sarris. Chaplin Times Two / Theodor W. Adorno. A Feeling of Sad Dignity / Robert Warshow. The Lineage of Limelight / Walter Kerr
VI. In Conclusion. After the Gold Rush: Chaplin at One Hundred / J. Hoberman.