Limelight (1952)

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Written by Charles Chaplin

Directed by Charles Chaplin

Production Year: 1952

Rating: U Certificate

Production Country: USA

Filmed in Black and White

Chaplin comedy about a washed-out music hall star in London's East End who saves a ballerina from suicide and regains his own confidence as he nurses her back to health. As her star begins to rise, so his declines. But he enjoys a moment of triumph before the final curtain. This was Chaplin's last American film before his exile in Europe, and probably his most personal.

Cast

Charles ChaplinCalvero
Image for Claire BloomClaire BloomThereza Ambrose
Nigel BrucePostant
Buster KeatonCalvero's Partner
Sydney ChaplinNeville
Norman LloydBodalink
Andre EglevskyDancer
Melissa HaydenDancer
Marjorie BennettMrs. Alsop
Wheeler DrydenThereza's Doctor
Barry BernardJohn Redfern
Stapleton KentClaudius

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