City Lights

1931
U
1h 27m

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Feel-Good Romance Romantic Comedy Slapstick Comedy Drama Romance

With the aid of a wealthy erratic tippler, a dewy-eyed tramp who has fallen in love with a sightless flower girl accumulates money to be able to help her medically.With the aid of a wealthy erratic tippler, a dewy-eyed tramp who has fallen in love with a sightless flower girl accumulates money to be able to help her medically.With the aid of a wealthy erratic tippler, a dewy-eyed tramp who has fallen in love with a sightless flower girl accumulates money to be able to help her medically.

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8.5/10

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Top rated movie #55

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Charles Chaplin

A Tramp
(as Charlie Chaplin)

Virginia Cherrill

A Blind Girl

Florence Lee

The Blind Girl's Grandmother

Harry Myers

An Eccentric Millionaire

Al Ernest Garcia

The Millionaire's Butler
(as Allan Garcia)

Hank Mann

A Prizefighter

Johnny Aber

Newsboy
(uncredited)

Jack Alexander

Boxing Match Spectator
(uncredited)

T.S. Alexander

Doctor
(uncredited)

Victor Alexander

Superstitious Boxer
(uncredited)

Albert Austin

Street Sweeper
(uncredited)
…

Harry Ayers

Cop
(uncredited)

Eddie Baker

Boxing Fight Referee
(uncredited)

Henry Bergman

Mayor
(uncredited)
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Edward Biby

Nightclub Patron
(uncredited)

Betty Blair

Woman at Center of Table in Restaurant
(uncredited)

Buster Brodie

Bald Party Guest
(uncredited)

Jeanne Carpenter

Diner in Restaurant
(uncredited)

Director
- Charles Chaplin
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Trivia
Chaplin re-shot the scene in which the Little Tramp buys a flower from the blind flower-girl 342 times, as he could not find a satisfactory way of showing that she thought the mute tramp was wealthy.

Goofs
(at around 50 mins) When the man swallows part of the Tramp's soap and starts spraying bubbles, the tube used to spray the bubbles is clearly visible behind him.

Quotes
The Tramp: You can see now?
A Blind Girl: Yes, I can see now.

Alternate versions
About seven minutes of footage of Georgia Hale playing the flower girl exists and is included in the 2003 DVD release. The footage was shot during a brief period when the actress originally cast to play the character had been fired and replaced with Hale, but Charles Chaplin was forced to resume filming with the original actress due to the amount of film already shot.

Connections
Edited into Histoire(s) du cinéma: Fatale beauté (1994)

Soundtracks
Flower Girl Theme
(uncredited)
Music by José Padilla

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9/10

A one-man virtuoso performance

Once again Chaplin plays his famous creation, the beloved Tramp The noble Little Fellow meets and falls in love with a blind flower girl She assumes he is wealthy man and offers him a flower, which he attentively accepts with his last penny

One night by chance he rescues a drunken millionaire from drowning The rich gentleman becomes a generous friend when drunk but doesn't recognize the tramp when sober Chaplin takes the blind girl under his wing, and takes flight with the millionaire's money to cure her blindness

"City Lights" engaged a true genius in a graceful and touching performance which arouses profound feelings and joy with great simplicity of style and tragic tale Each scene was the result of hard-working detail and planning