This book is wall-to-wall black & white photos (color photography was rare or non-existent in his early days in Hollywood) with captions. The pictures are mainly still shots or behind-the-scenes from Chaplin's many movies, but there are some photos of him as The Tramp and as himself with famous people of the day (movie star and friend Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., aviation inventors Wilbur and Orville Wright, Gandhi, Winston Churchill, Albert Einstein, etc. There are a few pictures of Chaplin dressed as Napoleon which has caused speculation as to whether Chaplin was dressing up for fun or contemplating making a historical film. There are a few chapters of text about Chaplin's life but 95% of this big coffee table book are photos.