Limelight

Synopsis

A fading music hall comedian tries to help a despondent ballet dancer learn to walk and to again feel confident about life.

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Cast

Charlie Chaplin

Calvero

Claire Bloom

Thereza 'Terry' Ambrose

Nigel Bruce

Postant

Buster Keaton

Calvero's Partner

Sydney Chaplin

Neville

Norman Lloyd

Bodalink

Andre Eglevsky

Dancer - Harlequin

Melissa Hayden

Dancer - Columbine

Marjorie Bennett

Mrs. Sybil Alsop

Wheeler Dryden

Thereza's Doctor

Barry Bernard

John Redfern

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Stapleton Kent

Claudius

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Molly Glessing

Maid

Leonard Mudie

Dr. Blake - Calvero's Doctor

Loyal Underwood

Street Musician

Harry 'Snub' Pollard

Street Musician

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Julian Ludwig

Street Musician

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Billy Lee Aimone

Little Boy (uncredited)

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John Alban

Empire Theatre Patron (uncredited)

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Benjie Bancroft

Music Hall Patron (uncredited)

Crew

Art

• Eugène Lourié Art Direction
• Dorothea Holt Production Illustrator

Camera

• Karl Struss Director of Photography
• Roland Totheroh Camera Supervisor
• Monroe P. Askins Second Assistant Camera
• Dick Johnson First Assistant Camera
• Wallace Chewning Camera Operator
• George Hommel Still Photographer
• W. Eugene Smith Still Photographer

Costume & Make-Up

• Florence Avery Hairstylist
• Riley Thorne Wardrobe Designer
• Elmer Ellsworth Wardrobe Supervisor
• Drew Tetrick Wardrobe Supervisor
• Ted Tetrick Tailor
• Ted Larsen Makeup Artist

Crew

• Charlie Chaplin Choreographer
• Andre Eglevsky Choreographer
• Melissa Hayden Choreographer
• Oona O'Neill Chaplin Stand In
• Hal Court Stand In
• Harry Crocker Unit Publicist
• Maurice Marks Stand In
• Lisl Valetti Stand In

Directing

• Charlie Chaplin Director
• Robert Aldrich Assistant Director
• Jack Verne Assistant Director

Editing

• Joe Inge Editor
• Edward Phillips Assistant Editor

Lighting

• Frank Testera Gaffer

Production

• Charlie Chaplin Producer
• Lonnie D'Orsa Production Manager
• Wheeler Dryden Production Assistant
• Jerome Epstein Production Assistant
• Alfred Lewin Production Accountant
• Kathleen Pryor Production Secretary

Sound

• Charlie Chaplin Original Music Composer
• Hugh McDowell Jr. Sound
• Harold E. McGhan Sound Editor
• Ray Rasch Music Arranger
• Larry Russell Music Arranger
• Keith Williams Conductor
• Russell Garcia Music Arranger
• Russell Garcia Orchestrator

Writing

• Charlie Chaplin Original Story
• Charlie Chaplin Screenplay

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