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Charlie Chaplin: Limelight (1952)
starring: Marjorie Bennett, Barry Bernard, Claire Bloom, Nigel Bruce, Josephine Chaplin

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Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302561968
Format: Black & White, HiFi Sound, NTSC
ISBN: 6302561965
Label: 20th Century Fox
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Release Date: November 05, 1992
Running Time: 137 minutes
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: 1952
Sales Rank: 21102

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Editorial Review:

Amazon.com essential video:
Certainly, Charlie Chaplin at this point in his career (1952) had earned the right to reflect on his years as an entertainer, and could make his film as overlong and soppy and sentimental as he darn well pleased. But that doesn't mean the rest of us have to abet this kind of melodramatic indulgence. Chaplin stars as Calvero, a fading clown who helps a paralyzed dancer regain the use of her legs and achieve great fame, but of course at grave cost to Calvero. The film is famous for featuring the only onscreen teaming of Chaplin with the other legendary comic of the silent era, Buster Keaton, and is equally infamous for Chaplin having allegedly cut out most of Keaton's best bits in their sequence together. How much Chaplin sabotaged his own movie to keep Keaton from shining has been much debated, but consider: In Keaton's autobiography, he calls Chaplin the greatest screen comic of all time. In Chaplin's autobiography, he never mentions Keaton. --David Kronke

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

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- The Most Boring Movie Chaplin Ever Made
Hello,
I am a person who really loves Chaplin, and own copies of almost every movie available from his Sennet days to "A King In New York". I usually play them from the earliest to the latest about once every year or two. My heart sinks as I approach "Limelight". I find it to be a trial to sit through. It seems to drone on and on, and be filled with bathos.
If I hear Claire Bloom say "Calvero" over again, and whine on and on about life, I will probably scream. Actually the best part of the movie by far is when Chaplin slaps her. This is what we wanted to do for the first 6 or 7 hours the movie appears to last. The only other highlight is of course Chaplin's encounters with Buster Keaton, although why we hear no one laughing during their music routine, I don't ... Read More

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- CHARLES CHAPLIN, OPUS 69
***** 1952. Written and directed by Charles Chaplin. Academy award in the Best Musical Score category in 1973 (LIMELIGHT wasn't shown in los Angeles until 1972) ! Sublime melodrama of the British genius with Buster Keaton as guest star. A young ballerina falls in love with an aging clown. Masterpiece.

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- It's good has a price
Few feature films can boast this movie's depth and breadth of hot breath. Its first two hours have no action, little plot, less story and are nothing more than Chaplin pontificating about nearly everything, blah, blah, blah. You might find yourself fidgeting for, not just a moment here and there, but every minute of those first two hours. It's dreadful.

But wait, here's the shocker, it's all worth it. Suddenly, after talking at the audience for two hours, Chaplin ends the film with brilliance. Yet, this film's closing scene with Keaton only pays off if you sit through the first two hours leading up to it, so don't rob yourself. In short, there is no scene in any film ever made that betters this one. Being brought to tears of laughter and sadness simultaneously is a rare and luscious ... Read More

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- Limelight
Famous for the only on-screen pairing of Chaplin and Keaton, the all-time masters of physical comedy, Chaplin's self-directed, self-scored, and evidently semi-autobiographical "Limelight" is a bittersweet comedy. The ravishing Bloom is spirited playing opposite the maudlin, melancholy Chaplin, and Keaton certainly holds his own with his idol in that memorable final scene. Hilarious at times but also woebegone in its farewell tribute to a music-hall tradition the director no doubt misses, "Limelight" is the furthest thing from a clown show.

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- truth at the heart of humor
Charlie Chaplin's movies from very early on were not only funny, but always seemed to reveal some basic truths about humanity. Unlike most of his works, which were comedies with a little pathos, Limelight is pathos with a little comedy. Yes, Chaplin can still make you laugh, but in Limelight he will make you cry, he will make you think, he will make you understand the truths about life and love. The dialogue in this movie is not only filled with great, insightful lines, but has a distinct and mesmerizing rhythym. And the musical score has one of the most hauntingly beautiful melodies ever written. If you think that Limelight is nothing but sappy, overemotional melodrama, then either you haven't grown up or you're not paying attention to the important things in life.

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