Charlot franÇais: Charlie Chaplin, The First World War, and the Construction of a National HeroFootnote1

1 This article was written with the support of an H. H. Powers Travel grant from Oberlin College, a fellowship from the Camargo Foundation, and a Franklin Research Grant from the American Philosophical Society. I would like to thank Erika Hendrix (Oberlin 09) for her excellent research assistance.

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