City Lights
1931 · directed by Charlie Chaplin
- Rating
- 99/100
- Hit
- yes
- Prestige lists
- AFI 100, BFI Top 100, TSPDT 250
A tramp falls in love with a beautiful blind flower girl. His on-and-off friendship with a wealthy man allows him to be the girl's benefactor and suitor.
City Lights (1931), directed by Charlie Chaplin, rates 99/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.
Cast
- Charlie Chaplin
- Virginia Cherrill
- Florence Lee
- Harry Myers
- Al Ernest Garcia
- Hank Mann
- Albert Austin
- Eddie Baker
- Henry Bergman
- Buster Brodie
Crew
- Gordon Pollock — Director of Photography
- Roland Totheroh — Director of Photography
- Charlie Chaplin — Editor
- Willard Nico — Editor
- Charlie Chaplin — Original Music Composer
- Charlie Chaplin — Screenplay
- Harry Carr — Screenplay
- Harry Crocker — Screenplay
More from Charlie Chaplin
- The Gold Rush (1925) — 95/100 · hit
- Modern Times (1936) — 89/100 · hit
- The Kid (1921) — 89/100 · hit
- The Great Dictator (1940) — 87/100 · hit
- The Circus (1928) — 85/100 · hit
- Monsieur Verdoux (1947) — 85/100 · hit
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