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Limelight (1952)
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Reviews Counted: 12
Fresh: 12
Rotten:0
Average Rating: 7.6/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 21 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Silet film legend Charlie Chaplin plays an aging music-hall comedian who befriends a young dancer (Claire Bloom) who has attempted suicide. Highlights include a famous Chaplin-Buster Keaton comedy... Silet film legend Charlie Chaplin plays an aging music-hall comedian who befriends a young dancer (Claire Bloom) who has attempted suicide. Highlights include a famous Chaplin-Buster Keaton comedy skit as the two comedians portray faded stars seeking an audience in a changing world. This bittersweet film wasn't released in America until 1972. [More]
Starring: Charlie Chaplin, Claire Bloom, Sydney Chaplin, Nigel Bruce
Starring: Charlie Chaplin, Claire Bloom, Sydney Chaplin, Nigel Bruce, Buster Keaton, Andre Eglevsky, Melissa Hayden, Norman Lloyd
Director: Charlie Chaplin
Director: Charlie Chaplin
Producer: Charlie Chaplin
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Reviews for Limelight
Premiering in 1952 when Chaplin was 63 years old, this melancholy reverie is a heartfelt expression of nostalgia for the Edwardian London music-halls of his youth, rich with deeply personal sentiment and warmly realized autobiographical fantasy.
Chaplin at his most melancholy. Not his best work, but the short time he and Keaton are on stage together is priceless.
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