Put to the test : Charlie Chaplin

Limelight

Charles Chaplin

1952
United States
2h14
Fiction
B&W
VOSTFR

Depressed over her failed dance career, Terry attempts suicide, only to be rescued by Calvero, an impoverished, once-famous stage clown. Calvero tries to revive Terry's health and prospects, and in the process he may recover his own self-esteem as well…

 

Cast
Charles Chaplin, Claire Bloom, Sydney Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Norman Lloyd
Screenplay
Charles Chaplin
Photography
Karl Struss
Sound
M. Vareille
Music
Charles Chaplin
Art direction
Eugène Lourié
Editing
Joseph Engel
Production
Celebrated Productions

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