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7.9A fading music hall comedian tries to help a despondent ballet dancer learn to walk and to again feel confident about life.
Released: 1952-10-16137 minDir: Charlie ChaplinRomance, Drama, Music, Comedy
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
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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)
Key dates
- Published
- 24 September 1954
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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
Article
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.