Limelight (1952)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.9/10   

Director:

Charles Chaplin

Escritores:

Charles Chaplin (story)
Charles Chaplin (screenplay)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

29 octubre 1952 (Argentina)

Género:

Comedia | Drama

Plot:

A fading comedian and a suicidally despondent ballet dancer must look to each other to find meaning and hope in their lives.

Plot Keywords:

Ballet Dancer | Ballet | Music Hall | 1910s | Man In Love

Premios:

Won Oscar. Another 3 wins & 2 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

A touching story about a ballerina & a clown!

Reparto

Charles Chaplin	...	Calvero
Claire Bloom	...	Terry, a Dancer
Nigel Bruce	...	Postant, an Impresario
Buster Keaton	...	Calvero's Partner
Sydney Chaplin	...	Neville
Norman Lloyd	...	Bodalink
Andre Eglevsky	...	Dancer
Melissa Hayden	...	Dancer
Marjorie Bennett	...	Mrs. Alsop
Wheeler Dryden	...	Thereza's Doctor
Barry Bernard	...	John Redfern
Stapleton Kent	...	Claudius
Mollie Glessing	...	Maid
Leonard Mudie	...	Dr. Blake (as Leonard Mudi)
Loyal Underwood	...	Street Musician

También conocida como:

Candilejas (Argentina) (Mexico) (cable TV title) (Spain) [es]

Duración:

137 min | USA:141 min (initial release) | UK:147 min (London premiere)

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Negro y Blanco

Relación de Aspecto:

1.37 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Clasificación:

Spain:T | West Germany:12 | Germany:6 (re-rating) | UK:U | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl | USA:G (re-rating) | Canada:G (Quebec)

Locaciones de Filmación:

RKO-Pathé Studios - 9336 Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Compañía:

Celebrated Productions

Trivialidades:

British music hall comedians Charlie Hall and Charley Rogers have small parts in the film.

Errores:

Continuidad: When Calvero has returned to the flat after his failure to revive his career at the Middlesex Music Hall, Thereza is sitting in an armchair, which has a blanket draped over the back. For most of the scene, when you see her in close-up, the blanket is folded over the middle of the chair-back, and so part of the chair-back is visible. In the long shots, however, the blanket is unfolded and draped fully, covering the chair-back. Towards the end of the scene of Calvero and Thereza's conversation, this is fixed so that the blanket is always folded and draped over the middle.

Citas:

Calvero: Time is the best author. It always writes the perfect ending.

Conexiones de Película:

References The Professor (1919)

A touching story about a ballerina & a clown!

Charles Chaplin is, at least for me, the best film maker of all time. And Limelight is his best film. It is one of the 10 films I have given 100/100.

The film is about this old comedian who can't find himself a job. He saves a young girl who tried to commit suicide. Well, they become friends and stuff.

Simply the film is perfect. There is nothing bad I could say about it. Well, maybe the ballet scene was too long (but maybe I just can't concentrate enough). The script, the music, the actors, the whole philosophical structure of the film! They are all perfect. And the end of the film is something so beautiful that you really have to see it.

If there is one thing you have to see, make sure it'll be Chaplin's Limelight!