Limelight


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Limelight
Running Time: 150 min.
MPAA Rating: G
Produced By: / United Artists
Released: February 06, 1953 (USA)

Summary:
London, 1914. Calvero (Charles Chaplin), a once-great music hall comedian, weaves drunkenly home to his shabby flat. As he arrives home, he is suddenly sobered by a bad smell. It isn't his shoes, as he originally assumes, but the smell of gas, emanat... Full Summary >>

Cast and Crew:
Charles Chaplin (Calvero)
Claire Bloom (Terry, a Ballet Dancer)
Nigel Bruce (Postant, an Impressario)
Sydney Chaplin (Neville)
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Review:
If not his final film, this is certainly Chaplin's swan song as well as a tribute to the British musical-hall tradition from which he had sprung. At the time of its release, the director had not had a success in over a decade and had been vilified as ... Continue >>

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