City Lights (1931)
City Lights (1931)
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
![Charlie Chaplin](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/22292-charlie-chaplin.webp)
Charlie Chaplin
A Tramp
![Virginia Cherrill](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/25762-virginia-cherrill.webp)
Virginia Cherrill
A Blind Girl
![Florence Lee](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Florence Lee
The Blind Girl's Grandmother
![Harry Myers](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/37967-harry-myers.webp)
Harry Myers
An Eccentric Millionaire
![Al Ernest Garcia](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/22392-al-ernest-garcia.webp)
Al Ernest Garcia
The Millionaire's Butler
![Hank Mann](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/22635-hank-mann.webp)
Hank Mann
A Prizefighter
![Albert Austin](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/22304-albert-austin.webp)
Albert Austin
Street Sweeper / Burglar (uncredited) / Assistant Director
![Eddie Baker](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/180846-eddie-baker.webp)
Eddie Baker
Boxing Fight Referee (uncredited)
![Johnny Aber](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Johnny Aber
Newsboy
![Henry Bergman](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/22295-henry-bergman.webp)
Henry Bergman
Mayor / Blind Girl's Downstairs Neighbor (uncredited) / Assistant Director
![Buster Brodie](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/113163-buster-brodie.webp)
Buster Brodie
Bald Party Guest (uncredited)
![Jeanne Carpenter](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/110221-jeanne-carpenter.webp)
Jeanne Carpenter
Extra in Restaurant Scene (uncredited)
![Tom Dempsey](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/436950-tom-dempsey.webp)
Tom Dempsey
Boxer (uncredited)
![James Donnelly](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
James Donnelly
Steet Sweepers' Foreman (uncredited)
![Ray Erlenborn](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Ray Erlenborn
Newsboy (uncredited)
![Robert Graves](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/392565-robert-graves.webp)
Robert Graves
Police Officer (uncredited)
![Gordon Pollock](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Gordon Pollock
Cinematographer
![Charles Hammond](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Charles Hammond
Extra in Street Scene (uncredited)
![Roland Totheroh](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/1109153-roland-totheroh.webp)
Roland Totheroh
Cinematographer
![Joseph Herrick](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Joseph Herrick
Extra in Boxing Scene (uncredited)
![Austen Jewell](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Austen Jewell
Newsboy (uncredited)
![Willie Keeler](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Willie Keeler
Boxer (uncredited)
![Robert Parrish](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/6326-robert-parrish.webp)
Robert Parrish
Newsboy (uncredited)
![John Rand](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/22396-john-rand.webp)
John Rand
Tramp Who Dives for Cigar (uncredited)
![W.C. Robinson](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/419956-w-c-robinson.webp)
W.C. Robinson
Man Who Throws Away Cigar (uncredited)
![Cy Slocum](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Cy Slocum
Extra in Boxing Scene (uncredited)
![Tony Stabenau](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Tony Stabenau
Victorious Boxer - Later Knocked Out (uncredited)
![Mark Strong](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Mark Strong
Man in Restaurant (uncredited)
![Tiny Ward](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/202198-tiny-ward.webp)
Tiny Ward
Man in Elevator in Front of the Art Shop (uncredited)
![Stanhope Wheatcroft](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/327206-stanhope-wheatcroft.webp)
Stanhope Wheatcroft
Distinguished Gentleman in Cafe (uncredited)
![Florence Wix](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/21588-florence-wix.webp)
Florence Wix
Woman Who Sits on Cigar (uncredited)
![Granville Redmond](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/831767-granville-redmond.webp)
Granville Redmond
Sculptor (uncredited)
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Details.
Release DateFebruary 1, 1931
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 27m
Content RatingG
Budget$1,500,000
Box Office$4,250,000
Genres
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Wiki.
City Lights is a 1931 American silent romantic comedy-drama film written, produced, directed by, and starring Charlie Chaplin. The story follows the misadventures of Chaplin's Tramp as he falls in love with a blind girl (Virginia Cherrill) and develops a turbulent friendship with an alcoholic millionaire (Harry Myers).
Although sound films were on the rise when Chaplin started developing the script in 1928, he decided to continue working with silent productions. Filming started in December 1928 and ended in September 1930. City Lights marked the first time Chaplin composed the film score to one of his productions and it was written in six weeks with Arthur Johnston. The main theme, used as a leitmotif for the blind flower girl, is the song "La Violetera" ("Who'll Buy my Violets") from Spanish composer José Padilla. Chaplin lost a lawsuit to Padilla for not crediting him.
City Lights was immediately successful upon release on January 30, 1931, with positive reviews and worldwide rentals of more than $4 million. Today, many critics consider it not only the highest accomplishment of Chaplin's career, but one of the greatest films of all time. Chaplin biographer Jeffrey Vance believes "City Lights is not only Charles Chaplin's masterpiece; it is an act of defiance" as it premiered four years into the era of sound films which began with the premiere of The Jazz Singer (1927). In 1991, the Library of Congress selected City Lights for preservation in the United States National Film Registry as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". In 2007, the American Film Institute ranked it 11th on its list of the best American films ever made. In 1949, the critic James Agee called the film's final scene "the greatest single piece of acting ever committed to celluloid".
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