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City Lights is a 1931 American synchronized sound romantic comedy-drama film written, produced, directed by, and starring Charlie Chaplin.While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects.
Virginia Cherrill (April 12, 1908 – November 14, 1996), styled as Virginia, Countess of Jersey between 1937 and 1946, was an American actress best known for her role as the blind flower girl in Charlie Chaplin's City Lights (1931).
Chaplin finished editing City Lights in December 1930, by which time silent films were an anachronism. [199] A preview before an unsuspecting public audience was not a success, [200] but a showing for the press produced positive reviews. One journalist wrote: "Nobody in the world but Charlie Chaplin could have done it.
City Lights (1931) and Modern Times (1936) were essentially silent films, although they were made with soundtracks consisting of music and sound effects; the latter film also included talking sequences. All of Chaplin's last five films were talking pictures.
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City Lights is a 1931 film starring Charlie Chaplin. City Lights may also refer to: Music. City Lights (band), an easycore band from Columbus, Ohio; Albums
In 2006, Premiere issued its list of "The 100 Greatest Performances of all Time", putting Chaplin's performance as the Tramp in City Lights at No. 44. [36] The Tramp is the main character in the CGI TV series Chaplin & Co. The show places the character in the 21st century and features him meeting up with numerous characters (one of them being a ...
Among the most famous adaptations is the one by Charles Chaplin in his 1931 film City Lights. The main theme used as a leitmotif for the blind flower-seller is the song "La Violetera" ("Who'll Buy my Violets"). [4] Chaplin was unable to secure the song performer, Raquel Meller, in the lead role, but used the song melody anyway as a major theme.