City Lights - Wikipedia
WebCity Lights is a 1931 American synchronized sound romantic comedy-drama film written, produced, directed by, and starring Charlie Chaplin. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects.
City Lights (1931) - IMDb
WebCity Lights: Directed by Charles Chaplin. With Virginia Cherrill, Florence Lee, Harry Myers, Al Ernest Garcia. With the aid of a wealthy erratic tippler, a dewy-eyed tramp who has fallen in love with a sightless flower girl accumulates money to be able to help her medically.
City Lights | Silent Comedy, Romantic Drama, Chaplin
WebCity Lights, American silent romantic-comedy film, released in 1931, that was considered by many to be Charlie Chaplin’s crowning achievement in the cinema. In this simple story the Tramp (played by Chaplin) befriends a poor blind girl (Virginia Cherrill) and convinces her that he is a wealthy man.
Charlie Chaplin : Filming City Lights
WebCharlie Chaplin and Virginia Cherrill in City Lights (1931) City Lights proved to be the hardest and longest undertaking of Chaplin’s career. By the time it was completed he had spent two years and eight months on the work, with almost 190 days of actual shooting.
City Lights (1931) - Plot - IMDb
WebSynopsis. The officials of a city unveil a new statue, only to find The Tramp sleeping on it. They shoo him away and he wanders the streets, destitute and homeless, and is soon tormented by two newsboys.
City Lights (1931) | The Criterion Collection
WebThe writer-director-star achieved new levels of grace, in both physical comedy and dramatic poignancy, with this silent tale of a lovable vagrant falling for a young blind woman who sells flowers on the street (a magical Virginia Cherrill) and mistakes him for …
City Lights | Rotten Tomatoes
WebA hapless but resilient tramp (Charlie Chaplin) falls in love with a blind flower girl (Virginia Cherrill) on the tough city streets. Upon learning that she and her grandmother are to be evicted...
- 95%(61)
- Content Rating: G
- Category: Comedy, Drama, Romance
City Lights (1931) - Turner Classic Movies
WebAlbert Einstein and his wife Elsa were Chaplin's personal guests at the Los Angeles premiere of City Lights on January 30, 1931. The crucial scene where The Tramp meets the Blind Girl for the first time was so important to Chaplin that he spent five days doing take after take to get it right.
City Lights movie review & film summary (1931) | Roger Ebert
Web"City Lights" includes one of the funniest sporting events ever filmed, the immortal boxing scene in which Charlie's footwork bedazzles both the referee and his opponent. It also includes a great deal of sentiment, which some of the 1931 critics found excessive.
City Lights (1931) - Greatest Films
WebIn the big city, an ugly monument to Peace and Prosperity was dramatically unveiled before an assembled, dignified civic group. A boring speech was being presented at a microphone by a stereotypical, pompous Establishment figure.
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