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City Lights Overview:

City Lights (1931) was a Silent Films - Drama Film directed by Charlie Chaplin and produced by Charlie Chaplin.

SYNOPSIS

A Chaplin masterpiece (and last silent film - he resisted as long as possible) about a blind girl who is restored to sight with the help and love of Chaplin's Little Tramp, who stumbles into the money for her eye surgery. A must even for those who think they don't like silent film.

(Source: available at Amazon AMC Classic Movie Companion).

City Lights was inducted into the National Film Registry in 1991.

City Lights BlogHub Articles:

Becker (1998) s01e07 – City Lights

on Sep 18, 2019 From The Stop Button

Once again… I’m wondering how long it takes for “Becker” to start getting really good. I remember it being really good at some points. Like whole seasons. This episode’s all about the streetlight outside Ted Danson’s apartment flickering and him trying to get it fixed. He’s not going t... Read full article

Becker (1998) s01e07 – City Lights

on Sep 18, 2019 From The Stop Button

Once again… I’m wondering how long it takes for “Becker” to start getting really good. I remember it being really good at some points. Like whole seasons. This episode’s all about the streetlight outside Ted Danson’s apartment flickering and him trying to get it fixed. He’s not going t... Read full article

CITY LIGHTS ( 1931 )

By Theresa Brown on Jan 5, 2016 From CineMaven's Essays from the Couch

“CITY LIGHTS” reeled me in. It pulled me by the string and led me where it wanted me to go. And I was a willing participant. Why did I misjudge NYC’s Film Forum audience. Showtime was 11:00am this past Sunday. When I walked in at 11:05am expecting to see trailers and slide in to my favorite fr... Read full article

City Lights (1931) – Updated

By 4 Star Film Fan on Aug 8, 2014 From 4 Star Films

This film opens with the Tramp in all his glory sleeping on a statue during its public unveiling. He is rudely awakened and shooed off on his way. He drifts down the boulevards finally meeting a lowly flower girl, showing her kindness before moving on. Although I am partial to Paulette Goddard, Virg... Read full article

Review: City Lights (1931)

By 4 Star Film Fan on Aug 8, 2014 From 4 Star Films

This film opens with the Tramp in all his glory sleeping on a statue during its public unveiling. He is rudely awakened and shooed off on his way. He drifts down the boulevards finally meeting a lowly flower girl, showing her kindness before moving on. Although I am partial to Paulette Goddard, Virg... Read full article

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City Lights Quotes:

No Quote for this film.
City Lights Facts
Though no footage of Georgia Hale appears in the finished film, the reconciliation scene she shot for him in Virginia Cherrill's absence, has survived.
Charles Chaplin's first film made during the sound era. He faced extreme pressure to make the film as a talkie, but such was his popularity and power in Hollywood that he was able to complete and release the film as a silent (albeit with recorded music) at a time when the rest of the American motion picture industry had converted to sound.
At one point, Virginia Cherrill came back to the set late from an appointment, keeping Charles Chaplin waiting. Chaplin, whose relationship with Cherrill was not friendly, fired her on the spot. He intended to reshoot the film with Georgia Hale, his heroine from The Gold Rush, playing the flower girl; he even reshot the final scene between the tramp and the flower girl with Hale in the role. However, Chaplin had already spent far too much time and money on the project to start over. Knowing this, Cherrill offered to come back to work - at double her original salary. Chaplin reluctantly agreed and the film was completed. (Source: Virginia Cherrill interview, Unknown Chaplin)
Production was delayed on several occasions. In 1929, one break lasted 62 days.
In 2007, the American Film Institute ranked this as the #11 Greatest Movie of All Time.
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