City Lights (1931) is a silent comedy movie that is directed by Charlie Chaplin. Chaplin plays a Tramp who falls in love with a blind girl who believes he is a rich man. He then saves a rich mans life, who proceeds to pay him money on multiple occasions. The Tramp gives the girl this money to save up for an operation that can bring back her sight. What follows is an emotional rollercoaster of a movie that fills you with laughter and sadness. This really is Chaplin at his best. This film was made in 1931, when movies had sound in them and a lot of companies were now producing talkies, rather than silent movies. Chaplin, thinking that sound would be a killer of the industry, decided to make City Lights a silent film anyway. Whilst he may have been wrong about sound being the end of the movie industry, this film being made as a silent movie was a very good idea. I really enjoyed the way he incorporated tiny bits of sound into his humour. One of the scenes involved him swallowing a whistle and every time he breathed out, he let out a toot.
Review of City Lights
