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City Lights is a 1931 American comedy-drama film written, produced, directed by, and starring Charlie Chaplin. It tells the story of the Tramp's love for a blind flower girl and his friendship with a drunken millionaire, with no dialog but a musical score.
City 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.
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- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Charles Chaplin
- 1931-03-07
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City 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. Through his generosity, she finally receives the operation that restores her sight, but by then the tragedy-prone Tramp is doing a stretch in prison. In the famous final sequence, the Tramp pays a visit to her flower shop. Her gradual realization that this pathetic man is her true benefactor has been called one of the most touching moments in film history.
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•Studio: United Artists
•Director, producer, writer, and music: Charlie Chaplin
•Charlie Chaplin (The Tramp)
•Virginia Cherrill (Blind Girl)
•Florence Lee (Blind Girl’s Grandmother)
•Harry Myers (Millionaire)
- Lee Pfeiffer
But after a drunken millionaire (Harry Myers) lavishly rewards him for saving his life, the tramp can change the flower girl's life forever. Fandango at Home Prime Video Max Apple TV. Watch City...
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Dec 21, 1997 · Roger Ebert praises City Lights (1931) as one of the most representative films of Chaplin's genius, with slapstick, pathos, pantomime, and the Little Tramp. He describes the famous scenes, the emotional impact, and the universal appeal of the film.
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City Lights is a 1931 silent film starring Charlie Chaplin as a homeless man who befriends a blind flower girl and a wealthy drunk. The film explores themes of love, friendship, and social class in a humorous and poignant way.
A classic comedy of a tramp who falls in love with a blind flower seller and is mistaken for a millionaire. Watch the restored film with commentary, documentary, and more special features on The Criterion Channel.
