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                  |  Limelight (1919)
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                    | Starring: | Charlie Chaplin,
Marjorie Bennett,
Claire Bloom,
Nigel Bruce,
Sydney Chaplin,
Buster Keaton,
Norman Lloyd |  
                    | Director: | Charlie Chaplin |  
                    | Category: | Comedy,
 Classics,
 Family |  
                    | Studio: | Warner Bros. |  
                    | 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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