Title from sell sheet. Charles Chaplin, Claire Bloom, Nigel Bruce, Buster Keaton, Sydney Chaplin, Norman Lloyd, Andre Eglevsky, Melissa Hayden, Marjorie Bennett. Originally released as a motion picture in 1952. Special edition features: New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray; Chaplin's "Limelight": Its evolution and intimacey, a new video essay by Charlie Chaplin biographer David Robinso; New interviews with actors; Chaplin today: "Limelight," a 2002 documentary on the film; Outtake from the film; Archival audio recording of Charlie Chaplin reading two short excerpts from his novella Footlights; Two short films by Chaplin; Trailers; Plus: an essay by critic Peter von Bagh.
Summary:
A masterful drama about the twilight of a former vaudeville star is among the writer/director₂s 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.
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