Charlie Chaplin
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A comedy-drama film by Charlie Chaplin, starring himself as a washed-up comedian who helps a young dancer. The film was based on a novella by Chaplin and featured Buster Keaton, Claire Bloom, and Chaplin's family members.
A fading comedian and a suicidal ballet dancer find hope and love in this drama by Charles Chaplin, who also stars and won an Oscar for his score. The film features a classic duet with Buster Keaton and a deleted scene with an armless violinist.
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- Drama, Music, Romance
- Charles Chaplin
- 1952-10-31
Limelight. Although it was not quite his last film, there can be little doubt that “Limelight” was Charlie Chaplin ’s farewell. It is also probably his most personal, revealing film. He plays an old clown, Calvero, who was once hailed on the stages of the world as the greatest clown alive.
Depressed over her failed dance career, Terry (Claire Bloom) attempts suicide, only to be rescued by Calvero (Charles Chaplin), an impoverished, once-famous stage clown. Calvero revives Terry's ...
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- Charlie Chaplin
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- Charlie Chaplin
Academy award winner Limelight (1952) a full movie in high qualityDirector: Charlie ChaplinDepressed over her failed dance career, Terry (Claire Bloom) attemp...
A classic film by Charles Chaplin about a former vaudeville star and a ballerina who find hope and love in London. Featuring Buster Keaton in a rare cameo, Limelight is a poignant and personal work by the silent comedy legend.
In 1914 London, the formerly successful and presently decadent and alcoholic clown Calvero smells gas in the building where he lives and breaks into an apartment. He finds the suicidal Thereza 'Terry' Ambrose laying on her bed unconscious, and brings a doctor who saves her.
