City Lights (1931)
| Release Date | 30 January 1931 |
| Budget | $2,000,000 |
| Genre | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Country | USA |
| Filming Locations | Chaplin Studios - 1416 N. La Brea Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Sound Mix | Silent, Mono |
| Color | Black and White |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Melodrama, Urban Comedy, Romantic Drama |
| Niche Genre | Comedy Drama |
| Mood | High on Emotion |
| Themes | Looking For Love, Class Differences, Living With Disability |
| Tones | Humorous, Bittersweet, Sentimental, Lyrical, Nostalgic |
| Tags | Blind, Bum, Flower Girl, Friendship, Love, Millionaire, Suicide, Surgery |
City Lights is a 1931 American silent film and romantic comedy-drama written by, directed by, and starring Charlie Chaplin. It also has the leads Virginia Cherrill and Harry Myers. Although "talking" pictures were on the rise since 1928, City Lights was immediately popular. Today it is thought of as one of the highest accomplishments of Chaplin's prolific career. Although classified as a comedy, City Lights has an ending widely regarded as one of the most moving in cinema history.
Cast and Crew
Cast
Al Ernest Garcia
The Eccentric Millionaire's Butler
Jack Alexander
Extra in boxing scene
T.S. Alexander
Doctor
Victor Alexander
Superstitious boxer
Harry Ayers
Cop
Eddie Baker
Boxing fight referee
Henry Bergman
Mayor, Blind Girl's downstairs neighbor
Betty Blair
Woman at center of table in restaurant
Jeanne Carpenter
Extra in restaurant scene
Marie Cooper
Dancer
Tom Dempsey
Boxer
Peter Diego
Man in mix-up with coat and hat
James Donnelly
Steet sweepers foreman
Ray Erlenborn
Newsboy
Mrs. Garcia
Woman at left of table in restaurant
Milton Gowman
Extra in street scene
Robert Graves
Police Officer
Charles Hammond
Extra in street scene
Ad Herman
Extra in boxing scene
Joseph Herrick
Extra in boxing scene
Mrs. Hyams
Flower shop assistant
Austen Jewell
Newsboy
Willie Keeler
Boxer
A.B. Lane
Extra in boxing scene
Eddie McAuliffe
Eddie Mason, boxer
Margaret Oliver
Extra in street scene
Mrs. Pope
Extra in restaurant scene
John Rand
Tramp who dives for cigar
W.C. Robinson
Man who throws away cigar
Cy Slocum
Extra in boxing scene
Tony Stabenau
Victorious boxer, later knocked-out
Mark Strong
Man in Restaurant
Jack Sutherland
Tall man at party
Joe Van Meter
Burglar
Emmett Wagner
Second
Tiny Ward
Man in elevator in front of the art shop
Stanhope Wheatcroft
Distinguished gentleman in Cafe
Florence Wix
Woman who sits on cigar
Director
Producer
Harry Clive
uncredited
Harry Crocker
uncredited
Original Music
Cinematographer
Gordon Pollock
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Roland Totheroh
Editor
Willard Nico
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Casting Director
Al Ernest Garcia
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Set Decorator
Charles D. Hall
Production Manager
Alfred Reeves
production manager
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Henry Bergman
assistant director
Harry Crocker
assistant director
Sound Department
Theodore Reed
sound supervisor
Camera and Electrical Department
Mark Marlatt
camera operator
Frank Testera
gaffer
Music Department
Carl Davis
conductor
Arthur Johnston
music arranger
José Padilla
composer: theme "Flower Girl"
Transportation Department
Toraichi Kono
driver: Mr. Chaplin
Other Crew
Harry Crocker
unit publicist
Carlyle Robinson
press representative
Della Steele
script supervisor
Production Company
Charles Chaplin Productions
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Distributor
Sandrew Film & Teater
United Artists Corporation
United Artists
United Artists
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Parafrance Films
CBS Fox Video
Key Video
CBS/Fox
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Image Entertainment
Creative Design
Sandrews
MK2 Diffusion
Warner Home Video
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Continental Home Vídeo
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Movies Unlimited
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