The film stars Chaplin as a washed-up comedian who saves a suicidal dancer, played by Claire Bloom, from killing herself, and both try to get through life.
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A fading comedian and a suicidally despondent ballet dancer must look to each other to find purpose and hope in their lives.
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Limelight
G · 1952 ‧ Comedy/Musical ‧ 2h 21m
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Depressed over her failed dance career, Terry (Claire Bloom) attempts suicide, only to be rescued by Calvero (Charles Chaplin), an impoverished, once-famous stage clown. Calvero revives Terry's health and prospects, and in the process recovers his...
Release date: October 23, 1952 (USA)
Director: Charlie Chaplin
Music composed by: Charlie Chaplin and Larry Russell
Story by: Charlie Chaplin
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Made in 1952, this really should have been Chaplin's last film, as it seems to parallel his own later life as a fading performer from a different era falling in ...
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A glimmer of hope arrives when he meets a beautiful but melancholy ballerina (Claire Bloom) who lives downstairs. An elegant mix of the comic and the tragic, ...
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Limelight (1952) directed by Charlie Chaplin • Reviews, film + cast
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A fading music hall comedian tries to help a despondent ballet dancer learn to walk and to again feel confident about life.
Duration: 3:47
Posted: Apr 25, 2023
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Filming Limelight. Claire Bloom and Chaplin in Limelight, 1952. Charles Chaplin made Limelight at the most troubled period of his adult career.
Apr 19, 1972 · If “Limelight” as a whole is Chaplin's farewell, then that final vaudeville act is surely his farewell to slapstick. It is a perfect, hilarious ...
Calvero : As a man gets on in years he wants to live deeply. A feeling of sad dignity comes upon him, and that's fatal for a comic. It affected my work. I lost ...