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City lights / Janus Films ; mk2 diffusion ; written and directed by Charles Chaplin ; assistant directors, Harry Crocker, Henry Bergman, Albert Austin ; [produced by Charles Chaplin].
Uniform title
City lights (Motion picture)
Format
Video/Projected medium
Language
No linguistic content
Εdition
Dual-format Blu-ray and DVD special edition.
Published/Created
[New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2013]
Description
2 videodiscs (86 min.) : silent, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (40 pages : illustrations ; 16 cm)
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Status
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Notes
ReCAP - Remote Storage: Video Collection
DVD 9328
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Subject(s)
Man-woman relationships
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Drama
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Tramps
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Drama
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Blind women
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Drama
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Millionaires
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Drama
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False personation
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Drama
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Film distributor
Janus Films
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MK2 Productions
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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Production company
Criterion Collection (Firm)
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Screenwriter
Chaplin, Charlie, 1889-1977
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Film director
Chaplin, Charlie, 1889-1977
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Crocker, Harry, 1893-1958
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Bergman, Henry, 1870-1946
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Austin, Albert
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Film producer
Chaplin, Charlie, 1889-1977
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Actor
Chaplin, Charlie, 1889-1977
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Cherrill, Virginia, 1908-1996
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Lee, Florence, 1888-1962
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Myers, Harry, 1886-1938
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Garcia, Allan, 1887-1938
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Mann, Hank, 1887-1971
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Composer (expression)
Chaplin, Charlie, 1889-1977
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Film editor
Chaplin, Charlie, 1889-1977
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Nico, Willard
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Director of photography
Totheroh, Roland H., 1890-1967
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Pollock, Gordon, 1897-1962
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Set decorator
Hall, Charles D., 1888-1970
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Arranger of music
Johnston, Arthur, 1898-1954
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Musical director
Newman, Alfred, 1901-1970
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Composer (expression
Padilla, José, 1889-1960
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Commentator
Vance, Jeffrey, 1970-
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Mehran, Hooman
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Interviewee (expression
Lord, Peter, 1953-
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Barron, Craig
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Writer of added text
Giddins, Gary
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Library of Congress genre(s)
Feature films
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Silent films
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Romantic comedy films
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Fiction films
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired
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Series
Criterion collection ; 680.
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Medium/Support
DVD DVD video 4 3/4 in.
Blu-ray Blu-ray 4 3/4 in.
Summary note
The most cherished film by Charlie Chaplin is also his ultimate Little Tramp chronicle. The writer-director-star achieved new levels of grace, in both physical comedy and dramatic poignancy, with this silent tale of a lovable vagrant falling for a young blind woman who sells flowers on the street and mistakes him for a millionaire. Though this Depression-era smash was made after the advent of sound, Chaplin remained steadfast in his love for the expressive beauty of the pre-talkie form.
Notes
"A comedy romance in pantomime"--title frames.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1931.
Special features: Commentary (by Charlie Chaplin biographer Jeffrey Vance); Chaplin today: "City lights" (a 2003 documentary on the film, featuring Aardman animations cofounder Peter Lord ; 27 min.); Chaplin Studios: creative freedom by design (a new interview program featuring visual effects expert Craig Barron); From the set of City lights: The tramp meets the flower girl, Stick stuck in the grate, Window-shopping rehearsal, The duke (archival footage from the production of City lights, including film from the set, with audio commentary by Chaplin historian Hooman Mehran; a costume test; a rehearsal; and a complete scene not used in the film); Chaplin the boxer: The champion (excerpt from Chaplin's short film The champion (1915), Boxing stars visit the studio (footage of the director with boxing stars at Chaplin Studios in 1918); Trailers. Booklet featuring an essay by critic Gary Giddins and a 1966 interview with Chaplin.
Creation/Production credits
Photographers, Rollie Totheroh, Gordon Pollock ; settings, Charles D. Hall ; music composed by Charles Chaplin ; musical arrangement by Arthur Johnston ; musical direction, Alfred Newman ; "La Violetera" by Jose Padilla ; [editors, Charles Chaplin, Willard Nico].
System details
Blu-ray: NTSC, region A, widescreen, mono.; requires a Blu-ray player.
DVD: NTSC, region 1, widescreen (1.19:1) presentation, mono.
Participant(s)/Performer(s)
Charlie Chaplin, Virginia Cherrill, Florence Lee, Harry Myers, Allan Garcia, Hank Mann.
Contents
Disc 1. Blu-ray
Disc 2. DVD.
ISBN
9781604657852
1604657855
Publisher no.
CC2316BDDVD
CC2316BDDVD-1
CC2316BDDVD-2
OCLC
862239325
Universal Product Code
715515111119
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