City lights

DVD - 2013

The most cherished film by Charlie 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 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.

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Subjects
Genres
Feature films
Comedy films
Silent films
Romantic comedy films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Published
[Irvington, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection c2013.
Language
No linguistic content
English
Corporate Author
Criterion Collection (Firm)
Corporate Author
Criterion Collection (Firm) (production company)
Other Authors
Charlie Chaplin, 1889-1977 (screenwriter)
Edition
DVD special edition ; full screen
Item Description
"A comedy romance in pantomime"--Title frames.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1931.
Special features: Commentary (by Charlie Chaplin biographer Jeffrey Vance); Chaplin today: "City lights" (a 2003 documentary on the film, featuring Aardman animations cofounder Peter Lord); Chaplin Studios: creative freedom by design (a new interview program featuring visual effets expert Craig Barron); From the set of City lights: The tramp meets the flower girl, Stick stuck in the grate, Window-shopping rehearsal, The duke (archival footage from the production of City lights, including film from the set, with audio commentary by Chaplin historian Hooman Mehran; a costume test; a rehearsal; and a complete scene not used in the film); Chaplin the boxer: The champion (excerpt from Chaplin's short film The champion (1915)), Boxing stars visit the studio (footage of the director with boxing stars at Chaplin Studios in 1918); Trailers.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (86 min.) : silent, black and white ; 4 3/4 in
Format
DVD: NTSC, region 1, widescreen (1.19:1) presentation, Dolby Digital.
Production Credits
Photography, Rollie Totheroh ; settings, Charles D. Hall ; music, Charles Chaplin ; musical arrangement by Arthur Johnston ; musical direction, Alfred Newman ; "La Violetera" by Jose Padilla ; editors, Charles Chaplin, Willard Nico.
ISBN
9781604657852
Contents unavailable.
Review by Library Journal Review

Comedy and drama quietly combine in Chaplin's final Little Tramp story. (c) Copyright 2013. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

(c) Copyright Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.