City Lights 1931
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City lights 1931. Showing all 7 items jump to. City lights is a 1931 american pre code silent romantic comedy 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. With charles chaplin virginia cherrill florence lee harry myers. 24 of 25 found this interesting interesting.
City lights american silent romantic comedy film released in 1931 that was considered by many to be charlie chaplin s crowning achievement in the cinema. Although sound films were on the rise when chaplin started developing. If only one of charles chaplin s films could be preserved city lights 1931 would come the closest to representing all the different notes of his genius. It makes you chuckle hysterically.
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. You have the greatest time imaginable and yet occasionally you find little hurty lumps in. City lights 1931 plot. In this simple story the tramp played by chaplin befriends a poor blind girl virginia cherrill and convinces her that he is a wealthy man.
City lights is excruciatingly funny and terribly terribly sad. It contains the slapstick the pathos the pantomime the effortless physical coordination the melodrama the bawdiness the grace and of course the little tramp the character. Facebook twitter permalink hide options. City lights 1931 was the highest grossing film of 1931 in the united states.