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Title Limelight / Celebrated Films Corporation ; produced and directed by Charles Chaplin ; original story and screenplay by Charles Chaplin ; a United Artists release.

Publication Info. [Beverly Hills, Ca.] : : CBS Fox Video ; Chatsworth, Ca. : Image Entertainment [distributor], 2000.
©1952

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Location Call No. Status
 Simsbury Public Library - DVDs  DVD LIMELIGHT    Check Shelf
Edition Digitally remastered version.
Description 1 videodisc (141 mins) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Note Special features: 4 min. of additional footage cut from film by Chaplin after its premiere ; 6 min. of unreleased film shot in 1919 that shows the "original" flea circus routine ; sections of Chaplin working text for the novel on which the film is based and a production summary.
Videodisc release of the 1952 motion picture.
Credits Director of photography, Karl Struss ; editor, Joseph Engel ; music, Charles Chaplin.
Performer Cast: Charles Chaplin, Claire Bloom, Buster Keaton, Sidney Chaplin, Nigel Bruce.
Summary Set in London, in 1914, the film stars Chaplin as an aging music hall comic who's convinced he can no longer move people to laughter. But he gets a final opportunity to shine when he saves a young, equally desperate ballet dancer from suicide and then guides her to triumph on the stage.
System Details DVD.
Note GMD: videorecording.
Local Note Some of the Simsbury Public Library items are are part of the Hayes Collection.
Subject Ballet dancers -- Drama.
Comedians -- Great Britain -- Drama.
Added Author Chaplin, Charlie, 1889-1977.
Chaplin, Syd, 1885-1965.
Bruce, Nigel, 1895-1953.
Bloom, Claire, 1931-
Keaton, Buster, 1895-1966.
Celebrated Film Players Corp.
United Artists Corporation.
CBS Fox Video.
Image Entertainment (Firm)
Music No. ID9185 CUDVD Image Entertainment
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