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City Lights
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. 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).
Plot
Citizens and dignitaries are assembled for the unveiling of a new monument to "Peace and Prosperity". After droning speeches, the veil is lifted to reveal the Little Tramp asleep in the lap of one of the sculpted figures. After several minutes of slapstick, he manages to escape the assembly's wrath to perambulate the city. He rebukes two newsboys who taunt him for his shabbiness, and while coyly admiring a nude statue has a near-fatal encounter with a sidewalk elevator.
Awards
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| author | Charlie Chaplin |
|---|---|
| award | National Board of Review: Top Ten Films |
| director | Charlie Chaplin |
| editor | Charlie Chaplin Willard Nico |
| genre | adventure comedy-drama |
| keywords | arrest best friend buy crush even flower girl flower shop help learn little tramp lunch break morning prize money rolls-royce 40/50 hp street sweeper suicide attempt tramp unveil wealthy man young man |
| musicBy | Charlie Chaplin |
| producer | Charlie Chaplin |
| publisher | United Artists |
| theme | romantic comedy |