City Lights

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1931 "True Blind Love"
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City Lights 4o2oc

8.5 | 1h27m | G | en | Drama

A tramp falls in love with a beautiful blind flower girl. His on-and-off friendship with a wealthy man allows him to be the girl's benefactor and suitor.

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8.5 | 1h27m | G | en | More Info
Released: March. 07,1931 | Released Producted By: Charles Chaplin Productions , Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website: https://www.charliechaplin.com/en/films/5-City-Lights
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A tramp falls in love with a beautiful blind flower girl. His on-and-off friendship with a wealthy man allows him to be the girl's benefactor and suitor.

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Romance

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Cast

Hank Mann

Director

Henry Clive

Producted By

Charles Chaplin Productions

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Henry Clive
Henry Clive

Production Design

Charles D. Hall
Charles D. Hall

Set Decoration

Mark Marlatt
Mark Marlatt

Camera Operator

Gordon Pollock
Gordon Pollock

Director of Photography

Roland Totheroh
Roland Totheroh

Director of Photography

Edward B. Anderson
Edward B. Anderson

Still Photographer

Ralph Barton
Ralph Barton

Still Photographer

José Padilla
José Padilla

Additional Music

Toraichi Kono
Harry Crocker
Harry Crocker

Unit Publicist

Albert Austin
Albert Austin

Assistant Director

Henry Bergman
Henry Bergman

Assistant Director

Harry Crocker
Harry Crocker

Assistant Director

Charlie Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin

Director

Della Steele
Della Steele

Script Supervisor

Willard Nico
Willard Nico

Editor

Frank Testera
Charlie Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin

Producer

City Lights Audience Reviews 2n1e5m

TrueHello Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.
Billie Morin This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows
Kirandeep Yoder The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.
Married Baby Just intense enough to provide a much-needed diversion, just lightweight enough to make you forget about it soon after it’s over. It’s not exactly “good,” per se, but it does what it sets out to do in of putting us on edge, which makes it … successful?
aishikaroy World Greatest Actor Chaplin. So Good.You are amazing man
onlythemd I was a little boy when I first watch this movie.Charlie Chaplin is a good actor who can describe her though through his movementHe has a nice Cuteness in his own.Although there no voice in city light but you can understood all they want to tell youAt last An Emotion there was only him everybody left him alone..........
Bryan Bjerke You're probably deciding to watch this because it's in the Top 250 movies of all time. Let me tell you that it totally deserves its spot at #25 for Top Rated English Movies. I'm not a huge fan of Charlie Chaplin or silent movies in general, but this one surprised me. It was funny, but yet had a serious tone at the same time. My only wish is that the ending would've had more to it. It wasn't a bad ending by any means, I think it's just me wanting to see more since the movie was so good. Just do yourself a favor and watch it already!
Djayesse This is certainly one of the most sensual films of all time. Chaplin turned in it a festival of senses. - Smell: no real reference, but something puzzles me when the elephant crosses the screen (and the street). - Taste: this is a film where they eat a lot. They eat spaghetti in the restaurant; they eat at the rich man's house; the tramp eats his lunch; and of course, he brings food to the girl. - Hearing: she hears him ing by, although he tries to be silent. Then she (thinks she) hears him leave in the car. When the statue is revealed, people are talking in a microphone. But we do not understand a thing. Only the tone of the voices are recognizable: a low tone for the man, a high-pitched tone for the woman. This was also the occasion to make fun of the talkies, Chaplin remaining a silent movie director. Nevertheless, Chaplin uses sounds to increase his comical effects: when he swallows spaghetti, or blows against his will the whistle, the boxing gong... - Touch: this is the sense of communication for the girl. This is how she knows who she is talking to. This is also by touching him that she realizes that he is the man who looked after her. The first time she meets him, she touches his jacket put a flower in his buttonhole. This is also the same thing she does when they finally meet. She wants to give him a flower and money, but he refuses. By touching, one last time, his jacket, she recognizes him, and is filled with emotion (who would not be?). - Sight: the most important sense, of course. First, we watch. And what do we watch? A blind girl. She has an empty look when we meet her. When he talks to her, he cannot help miming his words. Of course, it is for us spectators that he makes all these gestures. But he is also very enthusiastic when he talks, so he has to mime everything he says. And when he leaves her, he cannot help spying on her through the window, standing on a barrel. Finally, their last look at each other is one of the most moving I have ever seen. She is sad (is she disappointed?), he seems half-sad/half-annoyed by this situation.Anyway, this film is also a great love story (like in most Chaplin movies). This little man will do whatever he can for the girl he loves. He will even steal - and go to prison - for her. But this is an impossible love. They will not end together. Indeed, when they finally meet, her first reaction to this tramp is mockery. She laughs at him with the other girls. She even offers him money. You cannot love someone you pity. The other reason this ending is quite sad is the role of the flower. This nice flower suddenly dies in his hands. As he realizes she has changed, the petals are falling. This flower, symbolizing their relation (a link between past and present), is no more. He is not what she expected. They do not belong to the same world.Last, their final discussion (which we do not hear): "You can see now. - Yes, I can see now." There is definitely a double meaning in these words. No luck for him. Unfortunately.

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