City Lights
Movie · Comedy · Drama

Straying the city streets, our Little Tramp happens upon a blind flower girl. Being blind, she can’t see his real self, and mistakes him for a rich man. How convenient, since the Tramp falls in love with the girl. Later on, he saves a drunken millionaire from drowning. The millionaire becomes his best friend, and the Tramp is one step closer to being who the flower girl thinks he is. How inconvenient, that the millionaire no longer recognizes the tramp when he’s sober… Friendship and social ranking are not always as they seem. In this world of a disenchanted bourgeoisie, a tramp can be king and a blind girl his queen. “City Lights” is one of Chaplin’s greatest accomplishments, with a final scene that has been called the greatest single piece of acting ever committed to celluloid.

1931 · 1h 27m
  • 95%
Starring Charlie Chaplin, Virginia Cherrill, Harry Myers
Director Charlie Chaplin

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Cast & Crew

  • Charlie Chaplin
    A Tramp
  • Virginia Cherrill
    A Blind Girl
  • H‌M
    Harry Myers
    An eccentic millionaire
  • H‌M
    Hank Mann
    A prizefighter
  • A‌E
    Al Ernest Garcia
    The eccentric millionaire's butler
  • F‌L
    Florence Lee
    The blind girl's grandmother
  • H‌B
    Henry Bergman
    Mayor / Blind Girl's downstairs neighbor (uncredited)
  • A‌A
    Albert Austin
    Street sweeper / Eddie Mason, a crook (uncredited)
  • J‌R
    John Rand
    Tramp who dives for cigar (uncredited)
  • J‌D
    James Donnelly
    Street Sweepers' Foreman
  • Robert Parrish
    Newsboy (uncredited)

About

City Lights

Comedy

Straying the city streets, our Little Tramp happens upon a blind flower girl. Being blind, she can’t see his real self, and mistakes him for a rich man. How convenient, since the Tramp falls in love with the girl. Later on, he saves a drunken millionaire from drowning. The millionaire becomes his best friend, and the Tramp is one step closer to being who the flower girl thinks he is. How inconvenient, that the millionaire no longer recognizes the tramp when he’s sober… Friendship and social ranking are not always as they seem. In this world of a disenchanted bourgeoisie, a tramp can be king and a blind girl his queen. “City Lights” is one of Chaplin’s greatest accomplishments, with a final scene that has been called the greatest single piece of acting ever committed to celluloid.

95%

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Studio
Charles Chaplin Productions
Released
1931
Run Time
1 hr 27 min
Rated
0+
Region of Origin
United States
© 1931 Charles Chaplin Productions All Rights Reserved.

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