DVD
Limelight
Call Number
- DVD DRAMA (CEN)
Edition
Two-DVD special edition.
Languages
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Performers
Charles Chaplin, Claire Bloom, Nigel Bruce, Buster Keaton, Sydney Chaplin, Norman Lloyd, André Eglevsky, Melissa Hayden.
Publication Information
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2015]
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (137 minutes) : sound, black & white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (39 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm)
Audience
Not rated.
Summary
Charlie Chaplin's masterful drama about the twilight of a former vaudeville star is among the writer/director's most touching films. Chaplin plays 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.
Notes
Title from container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1952.
Special 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.