Movie 'City Lights'
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True Blind Love
In this sound-era silent film, a tramp falls in love with a beautiful blind flower seller.
English
- a.k.a. Charlie Chaplin - City Lights
- City Lights: A Comedy Romance in Pantomime Copyright title
German (Deutsch)
Mit „Lichter der Großstadt“ erstellte Charlie Chaplin einen Stummfilm, als sich der Tonfilm zu etablieren begann. Der Film um die Liebe eines mittellosen Mannes zu einem Blumenmädchen wurde ein Riesenerfolg und der Film gilt bis heute als Kultfilm.
French (Français)
- a.k.a. Les lumières de la ville
Un vagabond s’éprend d’une belle et jeune vendeuse de fleurs aveugle qui vit avec sa mère, couverte de dettes. Suite à un quiproquo, la fleuriste s’imagine le misérable, qui vient de lui acheter une fleur, en milliardaire…
Italian (Italiano)
- a.k.a. Luci della città
Un vagabondo si innamora di una bella fioraia cieca che lo scambia per un milionario. Il povero vagabondo vivrà numerose avventure, nel tentativo di aiutare economicamente la fioraia.
- Release Date
- Runtime
- Keywords
- black and white
- blind girl
- blindness and impaired vision
- eye operation
- feel good
- flower girl
- flower shop
- little tramp
- love
- love of one's life
- millionaire
- operation
- silent film
- suicide attempt
- tramp
- Genres
- Comedy
- Drama
- Romance
- Languages
- English
- No Language
- Origin Countries
United States of America- Production Countries
- United States of America
- Production Companies
- Charles Chaplin Productions
- United Artists
- Release Dates
- Premiere G Los Angeles, California
Theatrical 6
Theatrical U- Theatrical G
Theatrical U- Ratings
- TMDb 83% · 2,057 (more information on website)
- IMDb 85% · 194,973 (more information on website)
- Rotten Tomatoes® 95% (more information on website)
- metacritic 99% (more information on website)
Cast
| Character | Person |
|---|---|
| Tramp | Charlie Chaplin |
| A Blind Girl | Virginia Cherrill |
| An Eccentric Millionaire | Harry Myers |
| The Millionaire's Butler James | Al Ernest Garcia |
| A Prizefighter | Hank Mann |
| Street Sweeper / Burglar (uncredited) | Albert Austin |
| Boxing Fight Referee (uncredited) | Eddie Baker |
| Mayor / Blind Girl's Downstairs Neighbor (uncredited) | Henry Bergman |
| Bald Party Guest (uncredited) | Buster Brodie |
| Extra in Restaurant Scene (uncredited) | Jeanne Carpenter |
| Boxer (uncredited) | Tom Dempsey |
| Steet Sweepers' Foreman (uncredited) | James Donnelly |
| Newsboy (uncredited) | Ray Erlenborn |
| Police Officer (uncredited) | Robert Graves |
| Extra in Street Scene (uncredited) | Charles Hammond |
| Extra in Boxing Scene (uncredited) | Joseph Herrick |
| Newsboy (uncredited) | Austen Jewell |
| Boxer (uncredited) | Willie Keeler |
| Newsboy (uncredited) | Robert Parrish |
| Tramp Who Dives for Cigar (uncredited) | John Rand |
| Man Who Throws Away Cigar (uncredited) | W.C. Robinson |
| Extra in Boxing Scene (uncredited) | Cy Slocum |
| Victorious Boxer - Later Knocked Out (uncredited) | Tony Stabenau |
| Man in Restaurant (uncredited) | Mark Strong |
| Man in Elevator in Front of the Art Shop (uncredited) | Tiny Ward |
| Distinguished Gentleman in Cafe (uncredited) | Stanhope Wheatcroft |
| Woman Who Sits on Cigar (uncredited) | Florence Wix |
| Sculptor (uncredited) | Granville Redmond |
| The Blind Girl's Grandmother | Florence Lee |
Crew
| Department | Job | Person |
|---|---|---|
| Art | Production Design | Henry Clive |
| Set Decoration | Charles D. Hall | |
| Camera | Director of Photography | Gordon Pollock |
| Roland Totheroh | ||
| Crew | Additional Music | José Padilla |
| Driver | Toraichi Kono | |
| Unit Publicist | Harry Crocker | |
| Directing | Assistant Director | Albert Austin |
| Harry Crocker | ||
| Henry Bergman | ||
| Director | Charlie Chaplin | |
| Editing | Editor | Charlie Chaplin |
| Willard Nico | ||
| Production | Casting | Al Ernest Garcia |
| Producer | Charlie Chaplin | |
| Sound | Music Director | Alfred Newman |
| Original Music Composer | Charlie Chaplin | |
| Sound Designer | Theodore Reed | |
| Writing | Screenplay | Charlie Chaplin |
| Harry Carr | ||
| Harry Crocker |