Writer/Director: Charles ChaplinCast: Charles Chaplin, Virginia Cherrill, Harry Meyers, Florence Lee, Al Ernest Garcia, Hank Mann.
Summary: Charmingly simple story of The Little Tramp who meets a lovely blind girl selling flowers on the sidewalk who mistakes him for a wealthy duke.
When he learns that an operation may restore her sight, he sets off to earn the money she needs to have the surgery.
In a series of comedy adventures that only Chaplin could pull off, he eventually succeeds, even though his efforts land him in jail. While he is there, the girl has the operation and afterwards yearns to meet her benefactor. The tear-inducing closing scene, in which she discovers that he is not a wealthy duke but only The Little Tramp, is one of the highest moments in movies.
My Thoughts:
In doing my research on what exactly I should write about, I stumbled upon a Charlie Chaplin website-subpage devoted to City Lights (1931). I thought that this page said more about this particular film than I could ever possibly think to write. So, click here if you wish to explore Chaplin's City Lights a bit more or go directly to his website:
http://www.charliechaplin.com/
From the TIME Magazine Archive:
"Chaplin does not reject the sound-device because he does not think his voice will register. His objection is that cinema is essentially a pantomimic art"
—Feb. 9, 1931
My Thoughts:
In doing my research on what exactly I should write about, I stumbled upon a Charlie Chaplin website-subpage devoted to City Lights (1931). I thought that this page said more about this particular film than I could ever possibly think to write. So, click here if you wish to explore Chaplin's City Lights a bit more or go directly to his website:
http://www.charliechaplin.com/
From the TIME Magazine Archive:
"Chaplin does not reject the sound-device because he does not think his voice will register. His objection is that cinema is essentially a pantomimic art"
—Feb. 9, 1931
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