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City lights (Motion Picture)

City lights / Janus Films ; produced, written and directed by Charles Chaplin.

Blu-ray special edition

Widescreen

Irvington, NY : The Criterion Collection, [2016]

℗1931.

1 videodisc (approximately 86 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (40 pages : illustrations ; 16 cm).

4 3/4 in.

digital optical

video file Blu-ray video 1080p high definition region A

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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Man-woman relationships -- Drama.

Tramps -- Drama.

Blind women -- Drama.

Millionaires -- Drama.

Feature films.

Silent films.

Romantic comedy films.

Chaplin, Charlie, 1889-1977. producer, screenwriter, director, actor.

Cherrill, Virginia, 1908-1996, actor.

Lee, Florence, 1888-1962, actor.

Myers, Harry, 1886-1938, actor.

Garcia, Allan, 1887-1938, actor.

Mann, Hank, 1887-1971, actor.

Janus Films, production company.

Criterion Collection (Firm) publisher, distribution company.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1931

"A comedy romance in pantomime" -- Title frames.

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 effects 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. Booklet featuring an essay by critic Gary Giddins and a 1966 interview with Chaplin.

Charlie Chaplin, Virginia Cherrill, Florence Lee, Harry Myers, Allan Garcia, Hank Mann.

Blu-ray; region A, widescreen, Dolby Digital monaural; requires a Blu-ray player.

Silent with English intertitles and musical accompaniment.

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