click to see larger viewLimelight
- YEAR:
- 1952
- RUN TIME:
- 137 min.
- FORMAT:
- B&W
- RATING:
- Not Rated
“Few cinema artists have delved into their own lives and emotions with such ruthlessness and with such moving results.”
-Time Out (London)
Chaplin’s Limelight is a glimmering homage to what was, a proud look at a bygone entertainment era and a bittersweet tale of an artist passing the torch to a new generation. Chaplin portrays Calvero (the “Tramp Comedian” per an old theatrical poster in his room), who rescues a distraught ballerina (Claire Bloom) from suicide and mentors her to success. Among the film’s comedy highlights is a musical routine that’s anything but routine in the hands of legends Chaplin and stone-faced Buster Keaton. The extraordinary score by Chaplin, Raymond Rasch and Larry Russell earned the screen legend his only competitive Oscar®.
-synopsis courtesy MK2 & Warner Bros.