Directed by:
Charlie ChaplinCinematography:
Roland TotherohCast:
Charlie Chaplin, Virginia Cherrill, Harry Myers, Albert Austin, Jean Harlow, Henry Bergman, Robert Parrish, Tiny Ward, Hank Mann, Robert Graves, Leila McIntyre (more)Plots(1)
The most cherished film by Charles Chaplin is also his ultimate Little Tramp chronicle. The writer-director-star achieved new levels of grace, in both physical comedy and dramatic poignancy, with this silent tale of a lovable vagrant falling for a young blind woman who sells flowers on the street (a magical Virginia Cherrill) and mistakes him for a millionaire. Though this Depression-era smash was made after the advent of sound, Chaplin remained steadfast in his love for the expressive beauty of the pre-talkie form. The result was the epitome of his art and the crowning achievement of silent comedy. (Criterion)
(more)Cast
Charlie Chaplin
UK
Best movies:
The Chaplin Revue (1959)
The Kid (1921)
The Great Dictator (1940)
Virginia Cherrill
USA
Best movies:
City Lights (1931)
Chaplin (1992) - a.f.
Harry Myers
USA
Best movies:
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938)
City Lights (1931)
San Francisco (1936)
Albert Austin
UK
Best movies:
The Kid (1921)
City Lights (1931)
The Circus (1928)
Jean Harlow
USA
Best movies:
City Lights (1931)
Enemies of the Public (1931)
China Seas (1935)
Henry Bergman
USA
Best movies:
The Kid (1921)
Modern Times (1936)
City Lights (1931)
Robert Parrish
USA
Best movies:
City Lights (1931)
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
The Iron Mask (1929)
Tiny Ward
USA
Best movies:
City Lights (1931)
West of Zanzibar (1928)
Hank Mann
USA
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Great Dictator (1940)
Modern Times (1936)
Robert Graves
USA
Best movies:
City Lights (1931)
Midnight (1939)
Mad Love (1935)
Leila McIntyre
USA
Best movies:
City Lights (1931)
The Plainsman (1936)
Fallen Angel (1945)
James Donnelly
USA
Best movies:
City Lights (1931)
Stanhope Wheatcroft
USA
Best movies:
City Lights (1931)
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
Union Pacific (1939)
Eddie Baker
USA
Best movies:
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
City Lights (1931)
Inherit the Wind (1960)
Granville Redmond
USA
Best movies:
The Kid (1921)
City Lights (1931)
The Three Musketeers (1921)
Al Ernest Garcia
USA
Best movies:
Modern Times (1936)
City Lights (1931)
The Circus (1928)