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Title:
City lights / Janus Films ; mk2 diffusion ; written and directed by Charles Chaplin ; assistant directors, Harry Crocker, Henry Bergman, Albert Austin ; [produced by Charles Chaplin].
Author:
Chaplin, Charlie, 1889-1977, screenwriter, film director, film producer, actor, composer (expression), film editor.

Crocker, Harry, 1893-1958, film director.

Bergman, Henry, 1870-1946, film director.

Austin, Albert, film director.

Cherrill, Virginia, 1908-1996, actor.

Lee, Florence, 1888-1962, actor.

Myers, Harry, 1886-1938, actor.

Garcia, Allan, 1887-1938, actor.

Mann, Hank, 1887-1971, actor.

Totheroh, Roland H., 1890-1967, director of photography.

Pollock, Gordon, -1956, director of photography.

Hall, Charles D., 1888-1970, set decorator.

Johnston, Arthur, 1898-1954, arranger of music.

Newman, Alfred, 1901-1970, musical director.

Padilla, José, 1889-1960, composer (expression)

Nico, Willard, film editor.

Vance, Jeffrey, 1970- commentator.

Lord, Peter, 1953- interviewee (expression)

Barron, Craig, interviewee (expression)

Mehran, Hooman, commentator.

Giddins, Gary, writer of added text.

Janus Films, production company.

MK2 Productions, production company.

Criterion Collection (Firm), production company, film distributor.
Publication Information:
[Irvington, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2013]
Call Number:
PN1995.75 .C57 2013
Abstract:
The most cherished film by Charlie Chaplin is also his ultimate Little Tramp chronicle. The writer-director-star achieved new levels of grace, in both physical comedy and dramatic poignancy, with this silent tale of a lovable vagrant falling for a young blind woman who sells flowers on the street and mistakes him for a millionaire. Though this Depression-era smash was made after the advent of sound, Chaplin remained steadfast in his love for the expressive beauty of the pre-talkie form.
Edition:
Special edition.
ISBN:
9781604657852
Series:
Criterion collection ; 680

Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 680.

Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (86 min.) : silent, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Originally released as a motion picture in 1931.

"A comedy romance in pantomime"--title frames.

Originally packaged with a Blu-ray version of the film.

Special features: Commentary (by Charlie Chaplin biographer Jeffrey Vance); Chaplin today: "City lights" (a 2003 documentary on the film, featuring Aardman animations cofounder Peter Lord); Chaplin Studios: creative freedom by design (a new interview program featuring visual effets expert Craig Barron); From the set of City lights: The tramp meets the flower girl, Stick stuck in the grate, Window-shopping rehearsal, The duke (archival footage from the production of City lights, including film from the set, with audio commentary by Chaplin historian Hooman Mehran; a costume test; a rehearsal; and a complete scene not used in the film); Chaplin the boxer: The champion (excerpt from Chaplin's short film The champion (1915)), Boxing stars visit the studio (footage of the director with boxing stars at Chaplin Studios in 1918); Trailers.
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