IMDb RATING
8.5/10
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With the aid of a wealthy erratic tippler, a dewy-eyed tramp who has fallen in love with a sightless flower girl accumulates money to be able to help her medically.With the aid of a wealthy erratic tippler, a dewy-eyed tramp who has fallen in love with a sightless flower girl accumulates money to be able to help her medically.With the aid of a wealthy erratic tippler, a dewy-eyed tramp who has fallen in love with a sightless flower girl accumulates money to be able to help her medically.
- Awards
- 4 wins & 1 nomination
Charles Chaplin
- A Tramp
- (as Charlie Chaplin)
Al Ernest Garcia
- The Millionaire's Butler
- (as Allan Garcia)
Johnny Aber
- Newsboy
- (uncredited)
Jack Alexander
- Boxing Match Spectator
- (uncredited)
T.S. Alexander
- Doctor
- (uncredited)
Victor Alexander
- Superstitious Boxer
- (uncredited)
Albert Austin
- Street Sweeper
- (uncredited)
- …
Harry Ayers
- Cop
- (uncredited)
Eddie Baker
- Boxing Fight Referee
- (uncredited)
Henry Bergman
- Mayor
- (uncredited)
- …
Edward Biby
- Nightclub Patron
- (uncredited)
Buster Brodie
- Bald Party Guest
- (uncredited)
Jeanne Carpenter
- Diner in Restaurant
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- Charles Chaplin
- Harry Carr(uncredited)
- Harry Crocker(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaSir Charles Chaplin invited Albert Einstein and his wife Elsa to join him at the Los Angeles premier on January 30, 1931. When the house lights came up, Chaplin was surprised to see Einstein's eyes tearing at the final scene. Chaplin said in his autobiography that he had not known Einstein to be so "sentimental."
- Goofs(at around 39 mins) When the Tramp accidentally swallows the whistle, his real eyebrows are visible beneath his fake ones. This was done intentionally to give him a lopsided, intoxicated facial expression.
- Quotes
The Tramp: You can see now?
A Blind Girl: Yes, I can see now.
- Alternate versionsAbout seven minutes of footage of Georgia Hale playing the flower girl exists and is included in the 2003 DVD release. The footage was shot during a brief period when the actress originally cast to play the character had been fired and replaced with Hale, but Charles Chaplin was forced to resume filming with the original actress due to the amount of film already shot.
- ConnectionsEdited into Histoire(s) du cinéma: Fatale beauté (1994)
Featured review
A one-man virtuoso performance
Once again Chaplin plays his famous creation, the beloved Tramp
The noble Little Fellow meets and falls in love with a blind flower girl
She assumes he is wealthy man and offers him a flower, which he attentively accepts with his last penny
One night by chance he rescues a drunken millionaire from drowning The rich gentleman becomes a generous friend when drunk but doesn't recognize the tramp when sober Chaplin takes the blind girl under his wing, and takes flight with the millionaire's money to cure her blindness
"City Lights" engaged a true genius in a graceful and touching performance which arouses profound feelings and joy with great simplicity of style and tragic tale Each scene was the result of hard-working detail and planning
One night by chance he rescues a drunken millionaire from drowning The rich gentleman becomes a generous friend when drunk but doesn't recognize the tramp when sober Chaplin takes the blind girl under his wing, and takes flight with the millionaire's money to cure her blindness
"City Lights" engaged a true genius in a graceful and touching performance which arouses profound feelings and joy with great simplicity of style and tragic tale Each scene was the result of hard-working detail and planning
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- Country of origin
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- Also known as
- City Lights: A Comedy Romance in Pantomime
- Filming locations
- Production company
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Box office
- Budget
- $1,500,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $19,181
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $9,102
- Jul 8, 2007
- Gross worldwide
- $50,419
- Runtime1 hour 27 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.19:1
- 1.20 : 1
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