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City Lights (1931) - Patreon Requested Movie Review! #448

Spoilers! goes back. WAY back. To 1931. It's Charlie Chaplin in CITY LIGHTS!


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A hapless but resilient tramp (Charlie Chaplin) falls in love with a blind flower girl (Virginia Cherrill) on the tough city streets. Upon learning that she and her grandmother are to be evicted from their home, the tramp undertakes a series of attempts to provide them with the money they need, all of which end in humiliating failure. But after a drunken millionaire (Harry Myers) lavishly rewards him for saving his life, the tramp can change the flower girl's life forever.

Release date: March 7, 1931 (USA)

Director: Charlie Chaplin

Music composed by: Charlie Chaplin, José Padilla, Alfred Newman, Arthur Johnston

Screenplay: Charlie Chaplin, Harry Crocker, Harry Carr, Harry Clive

Producer: Charlie Chaplin

Box office: 4.25 million USD (worldwide rentals)



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