City Lights

Synopsis

A tramp falls in love with a beautiful blind flower girl. His on-and-off friendship with a wealthy man allows him to be the girl's benefactor and suitor.

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Cast

Charlie Chaplin

A Tramp

Virginia Cherrill

A Blind Girl

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Florence Lee

Her Grandmother

Harry Myers

An Eccentric Millionaire

Al Ernest Garcia

His Butler

Hank Mann

A Prizefighter

Albert Austin

Street Sweeper / Burglar (uncredited)

Eddie Baker

Boxing Fight Referee (uncredited)

Henry Bergman

Mayor / Blind Girl's Downstairs Neighbor (uncredited)

Buster Brodie

Bald Party Guest (uncredited)

Jeanne Carpenter

Diner in Restaurant (uncredited)

Tom Dempsey

Boxer (uncredited)

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James Donnelly

Street Sweepers' Foreman (uncredited)

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Ray Erlenborn

Newsboy (uncredited)

Robert Graves

Police Officer (uncredited)

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Charles Hammond

Street Passerby (uncredited)

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Joseph Herrick

Boxing Match Spectator (uncredited)

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Austen Jewell

Newsboy (uncredited)

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Willie Keeler

Boxer (uncredited)

Robert Parrish

Newsboy (uncredited)

Crew

Art

• Henry Clive Production Design
• Charles D. Hall Set Decoration

Camera

• Gordon Pollock Director of Photography
• Roland Totheroh Director of Photography
• Mark Marlatt Camera Operator
• Edward B. Anderson Still Photographer
• Ralph Barton Still Photographer

Crew

• Toraichi Kono Driver
• José Padilla Additional Music
• Harry Crocker Unit Publicist

Directing

• Charlie Chaplin Director
• Albert Austin Assistant Director
• Harry Crocker Assistant Director
• Henry Bergman Assistant Director
• Della Steele Script Supervisor

Editing

• Charlie Chaplin Editor
• Willard Nico Editor

Lighting

• Frank Testera Gaffer

Production

• Charlie Chaplin Producer
• Al Ernest Garcia Casting
• Alfred Reeves Production Manager
• Carlyle Robinson Publicist

Sound

• Charlie Chaplin Original Music Composer
• Alfred Newman Music Director
• Theodore Reed Sound Supervisor
• Arthur Johnston Music Arranger
• Alfred Newman Music Arranger

Writing

• Harry Crocker Screenplay
• Charlie Chaplin Screenplay
• Harry Carr Screenplay

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