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Limelight is a 1952 black-and-white film produced by United Artists and Celebrated Productions. Charlie Chaplin served as the director, screenwriter, producer, and composer for the English-language picture. The cast includes Chaplin, Claire Bloom, Nigel Bruce, and Buster Keaton, with Karl Struss as the director of photography. Set in London, the film is categorized as a comedy drama, musical film, and tragicomedy.
The movie has a runtime of 137 minutes and was distributed by United Artists and Netflix in formats including video on demand and broadcasting. It received a rating of 8.0 on IMDb based on 24,005 votes, while TMDb lists a vote average of 7.898 from 592 users. The production had a budget of 900,000 and generated revenue of 1,000,000. Limelight was recognized with the National Board of Review: Top Ten Films award.
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Film · TMDB
7.9A fading music hall comedian tries to help a despondent ballet dancer learn to walk and to again feel confident about life.
Cast
- Charlie Chaplin as Calvero
- Claire Bloom as Thereza 'Terry' Ambrose
- Nigel Bruce as Postant
- Buster Keaton as Calvero's Partner
- Sydney Chaplin as Neville
- Norman Lloyd as Bodalink
Themes
- clown
- ballet dancer
- black and white
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Charlie Chaplin
- Screenplay by
- Charlie Chaplin
- Story by
- Charlie Chaplin
- Based on
- Footlights , by Charlie Chaplin
- Produced by
- Charlie Chaplin
- Starring
- Charlie Chaplin Claire Bloom Sydney Chaplin Nigel Bruce Norman Lloyd Buster Keaton Marjorie Bennett André Eglevsky Melissa Hayden
- Cinematography
- Karl Struss
- Edited by
- Joe Inge
- Music by
- Charlie Chaplin
- Production company
- Celebrated Productions
- Distributed by
- United Artists , (1952 release), Columbia Pictures , (1972 release)
- Release date
- October 23, 1952 ( 1952-10-23 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 137 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $900,000
- Box office
- $8 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- melodrama
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Charlie Chaplin
- Screenwriter
- Charlie Chaplin
- Cast member
- Charles Chaplin
- Composer
- Charlie Chaplin
- Producer
- Charlie Chaplin
- Production company
- United Artists
- Cinematographer
- Karl Struss
- Narrative location
- London
- Duration
- 137
- FilmAffinity ID
- 186605
- Distribution format
- broadcasting
- Official website
- www.charliechaplin.com/biography/articles/7-Limelight
- Image
- Limelight (1952) - original theatrical poster.jpeg
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- Commons category
- Limelight (1952 film)
- publication date
- 1954-09-24
- title
- Limelight
- distributed by
- Netflix
- color
- black-and-white
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 84/100
- capital cost
- 900000
- box office
- 8000000
- aspect ratio (W:H)
- Academy ratio
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Encyclopedic overview
Limelight is a 1952 American comedy-drama film written, produced, directed by, and starring Charlie Chaplin, based on a novella by Chaplin titled Footlights. The score was composed by Chaplin and arranged by Ray Rasch.
The film stars Chaplin as a washed-up comedian who saves a suicidal dancer, played by Claire Bloom, from killing herself, and both try to get through life. Additional roles are provided by Nigel Bruce, Sydney Earl Chaplin, Wheeler Dryden, and Norman Lloyd, with an appearance by Buster Keaton. In dance scenes, Bloom is doubled by Melissa Hayden.
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