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Charles Chaplin Productions

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City Lights

True Blind Love

1931 87 min ★ 8.3 (2,519) Released
Comedy Drama Romance

A tramp falls in love with a beautiful blind flower girl. His on-and-off friendship with a wealthy man allows him to be the girl's benefactor and suitor.

Original title
City Lights
Language
EN
Country
US
Budget
$1,500,000
Revenue
$4,250,000
Reviews & Ratings 1
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Jul 14, 2024 · via TMDB

★ 7.0

Virginia Cherrill charmingly plays a young, blind, flower seller whom the tramp (Charlie Chaplin) falls for, hook line and sinker. Later that night, he is crossing a bridge when he encounters a suicidal, dipso, millionaire (Harry Myers) whom he convinces to hang about for a while longer, and who by way of appreciation invites him to a party at his mansion, then to a series of evening entertainments. Thing is, when he wakes up with the mother of all hangovers next morning, though, he has never a clue who the tramp is and so gets his butler to send him packing. Meantime, still determined to help his new love, our kindly vagrant reads in a newspaper that there might be might be a cure for her blindness - but it will be expensive. His boozy buddy offers him $1,000 to help but when, as usual in the morning, he sobers up and denies all knowledge of the "gift". The police are called and things now take a series of unhappy turns that force the tramp to think of other ways of raising the cash. This challenge is especially spurned on when he discovers that she has left her usual selling spot and is now quite poorly and being taken care of by her grandmother (Florence Lee) - and they are facing eviction. It's probably his attempts at boxing that provide for most of the entertainment here, but there are plenty of other humorous exploits - especially between him and Myers and the scenes with Cherrill are touching and joyous, too. Chaplin keeps the pace moving along well with plenty of variety in a film that's a gem to watch.

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Cast 19
Charlie Chaplin

Charlie Chaplin

A Tramp

Virginia Cherrill

Virginia Cherrill

A Blind Girl

Harry Myers

Harry Myers

An Eccentric Millionaire

Al Ernest Garcia

Al Ernest Garcia

His Butler

Hank Mann

Hank Mann

A Prizefighter

Albert Austin

Albert Austin

Street Sweeper / Burglar (uncredited)

Eddie Baker

Eddie Baker

Boxing Fight Referee (uncredited)

Henry Bergman

Henry Bergman

Mayor / Blind Girl's Downstairs Neighbor (uncredited)

Buster Brodie

Buster Brodie

Bald Party Guest (uncredited)

Jeanne Carpenter

Jeanne Carpenter

Diner in Restaurant (uncredited)

Tom Dempsey

Tom Dempsey

Boxer (uncredited)

Robert Graves

Robert Graves

Police Officer (uncredited)

Robert Parrish

Robert Parrish

Newsboy (uncredited)

John Rand

John Rand

Tramp Who Dives for Cigar (uncredited)

Tiny Ward

Tiny Ward

Man in Elevator in Front of the Art Shop (uncredited)

Stanhope Wheatcroft

Stanhope Wheatcroft

Distinguished Gentleman in Cafe (uncredited)

Florence Wix

Florence Wix

Woman Who Sits on Cigar (uncredited)

Granville Redmond

Granville Redmond

Sculptor (uncredited)

George Nardelli

George Nardelli

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Crew 15
José Padilla

José Padilla

Additional Music

Harry Crocker

Harry Crocker

Unit Publicist

Albert Austin

Albert Austin

Assistant Director

Harry Crocker

Harry Crocker

Assistant Director

Henry Bergman

Henry Bergman

Assistant Director

Charlie Chaplin

Charlie Chaplin

Director

Charlie Chaplin

Charlie Chaplin

Editor

Al Ernest Garcia

Al Ernest Garcia

Casting

Charlie Chaplin

Charlie Chaplin

Producer

Alfred Newman

Alfred Newman

Music Arranger

Alfred Newman

Alfred Newman

Music Director

Charlie Chaplin

Charlie Chaplin

Original Music Composer

Charlie Chaplin

Charlie Chaplin

Screenplay

Harry Carr

Harry Carr

Screenplay

Harry Crocker

Harry Crocker

Screenplay

Gallery 150
Videos 4
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US Release Dates 3

Jan 30, 1931

Los Angeles, California

Premiere

Mar 7, 1931

Theatrical

Apr 8, 1950

Re-release

G Theatrical

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