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Release Date:
6 February 1931 (USA) morePlot:
The Tramp struggles to help a blind flower girl he has fallen in love with. full summary | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
Fight | Star Spangled Banner | Person On Fire | Happy Ending | Male Female Relationship moreAwards:
1 win moreUser Comments:
Amusing comedy sets up SPECTACULAR ending moreCast
(Complete credited cast) | Virginia Cherrill | ... | A Blind Girl |
| Florence Lee | ... | The Blind Girl's Grandmother |
| Harry Myers | ... | An Eccentric Millionaire |
| Al Ernest Garcia | ... | The Eccentric Millionaire's Butler (as Allan Garcia) |
| Hank Mann | ... | A Prizefighter |
| Charles Chaplin | ... | A Tramp (as Charlie Chaplin) |
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| Jean Carpenter | ... | Extra in restaurant scene |
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87 minCountry:
USAColor:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 moreCertification:
France:U | West Germany:12 (1951) | Germany:6 (re-rating: 1997) | USA:G (1972) | Portugal:M/6 (DVD rating) | South Korea:All | Spain:T | USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Chile:TE | Denmark:A (2003) | Norway:7 | Sweden:Btl | UK:UFilming Locations:
San Francisco, California, USAMOVIEmeter: 
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Revealing mistakes: When the tramp accidentally swallows the whistle, his real eyebrows are visible beneath his fake ones. moreFAQ
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This is my favorite Chaplin film, but I don't want that to diminish his other work, either. MODERN TIMES was an outstanding work of social satire, THE GOLD RUSH was great slapstick, and even the largely-neglected MONSIEUR VERDOUX strikes a certain unforgettable tone. Chaplin didn't make a bad movie, and I'm not even sure that CL is his best, exactly. But it IS my favorite, if only for the ending.
That ending has been the subject of much comment here. I think it's a masterpiece in a single scene. Chaplin's little tramp has never seemed less like a character and more like a living, breathing human being. It's a monument to understated sentimentality.
To me, the rest of the film exists largely to set the context for that one magnificent piece of celluloid. Yes, the boxing scene is great, and the scene where he rescues the millionaire is also wonderful, but it's that ending that makes us all love this movie.