Limelight

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Chaplin, Charlie, film director.

Keaton, Buster, actor.

Chaplin, Charlie, actor.

Bloom, Claire, actor.

The Criterion Collection (Firm), Distributor.

Kanopy (Firm)., Distributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures.

Drama.

Romance.

Genre:

Feature films

Physical Description:

1 online resource (streaming video file) (138 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound

Place of Publication:

The Criterion Collection 1952

[San Francisco, California, USA] Kanopy Streaming 2023

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web

digital

video file MPEG-4 Flash

Summary:

Charlie Chaplin's masterful drama about the twilight of a former vaudeville star is among the writer-director's most touching films. Chaplin plays Calvero, a once beloved musical-comedy performer, now a washed-up alcoholic who lives in a small London flat. A glimmer of hope arrives when he meets a beautiful but melancholy ballerina (Claire Bloom) who lives downstairs. An elegant mix of the comic and the tragic, this poignant movie also features Buster Keaton in an extended cameo, marking the only time the two silent comedy icons appeared in a film together. Made at a time when Chaplin was under attack by the American press and far right, LIMELIGHT was scarcely distributed in the United States upon its initial release, but it is now considered one of his essential and most personal works

Participant:

Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, Claire Bloom

Notes:

Title from title frames

Film

In Process Record

Originally produced by The Criterion Collection in 1952

Publisher Number:

14376051 Kanopy

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license