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Limelight (1919)
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Charlie Chaplin,
Marjorie Bennett,
Claire Bloom,
Nigel Bruce,
Sydney Chaplin,
Buster Keaton,
Norman Lloyd
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Director:
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Charlie Chaplin
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Comedy,
Classics,
Family
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Warner Bros.
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Subtitles: |
English,Spanish,French,Portuguese,Chinese,Korean,Thai
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Length: |
132 mins
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The Chaplin Collection
A young dancer wants to know if the white-haired gentleman who saved her life is Calvero, the great music hall comedian. "I was," the gent replies.
Charles Chaplin's Limelight is a glimmering homage to what was, a proud look at a bygone entertainment era and a bittersweet tale of an artist passing the torch to a new generation. Chaplin portrays Calvero (the "Tramp Comedian" per an old theatrical poster in his room), who rescues a distraught ballerina (Claire Bloom) from suicide and mentors her to success. Among the film's comedy highlights is a musical routine that's anything but routine in the hands of legend Chaplin and stone-faced Buster Keaton. The extraordinary score by Chaplin, Raymond Rasch and Larry Russell earned the screen legend his only competitive Oscar.
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