| Description |
2 videodiscs (137 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.+ 1 booklet. |
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digital optical monaural Dolby Digital rda |
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video file DVD video region 1 rda |
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1.37:1 |
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laser optical NTSC |
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Motion picture. |
| System Details |
DVD, NTSC, region 1, Aspect ratio 1.37:1 ;Dolby Digital Monaural. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1952. |
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Two DVD special edition features: New 4K digital restoration ; Chaplin's Limelight :Its evolution and Intimacy ; A new video essay by Charlie Chaplin biographer David Robinson ; New interviews with actors Claire Bloom and Norman Lloyd ; Chaplin today: "Limelight", a 2002 documentary on the film ; archival audio recording of Chaplin reading two short excerpts from his novella Footlights ; Two short films by Chaplin: A Night in the Show (1915) and the uncompleted The Professor (1919) ; Outtake and two trailers ; Plus an essay by critic Peter von Bagh and excerpts from an on-set piece by journalist Henry Gris. |
| Cast |
Charlie Chaplin, Claire Bloom, Nigel Bruce, Buster Keaton, Sydney Chaplin, Melissa Hayden. |
| Summary |
A masterful drama about the twilight of a former vaudeville star is among the writer/director's most touching films. Calvero, a once beloved musical-comedy performer, now a washed-up alcoholic who lives in a small London flat. A glimmer of hope arrives when he meets a beautiful but melancholy ballerina who lives downstairs. |
| Subject |
Comedians -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Ballet dancers -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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DVD-Video discs.
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| Genre |
Fiction films.
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Feature films.
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| Added Author |
Chaplin, Charlie, 1889-1977, film director, actor, writer.
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Bloom, Claire, 1931- actor.
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Bruce, Nigel, 1895-1953, actor.
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Keaton, Buster, 1895-1966, actor.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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| ISBN |
9781604659948 |
| Standard No. |
715515146319 |
| Music No. |
CC2482DDVD The Criterion Collection |
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