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City Lights [Warner Brothers, 2-Disc]

DVD/APPROX. 86 MINS./1931/US NR

Main feature:

Release Mar 2, 2004
Video Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audio English: Dolby Digital 5.1
English: Dolby Digital 1.0
Subtitles Chinese, French, Korean, Portuguese, Thai
Studio Warner Brothers
Year 1931
Genre Comedy

Special features:

  • Two-disc Special Edition
  • Introduction by David Robinson: Chaplin's biographer discusses the historical and cinematic context of the film
  • "Chaplin Today: City Lights": Documentary by Serge Bromberg with the participation of the animation artist and director Peter Lord
  • Outtake: Charlie tries to disengage a sliver of wood stuck in a sidewalk grating
  • "The Champion": 1915 Excerpt. Charlie stages a balletic boxing match, fifteen years before "City Lights"
  • "Shooting": On the set of the famous scene in which Charlie and the flower girl first meet, filmed by Ralph Barton
  • Georgia Hale Screen Test: The Screen test made by the actress of "The Gold Rush" when Chaplin thought of replacing Virginia Cherrill as the flower girl
  • "The Dream Prince": A discarded idea for how the flower girl imagines her benefactor
  • "Rehearsal": Chaplin works out the staging of a complicated scene
  • "Chaplin and Boxing Stars: Chaplin playfully boxes with professional prizefighters visiting his studios
  • "Winston Churchill's Visit": Britain's future prime minister visits Chaplin during the shooting of "City Lights"
  • "Chaplin Speaks!": In 1931 Vienna during his triumphant European tour, Chaplin speaks for the first time on film
  • "Trip to Bali": Footage Shot when Charlie and Sydney Chaplin visited Bali in 1932
  • Photo gallery: Photos of the production and of the actors
  • Film Posters
  • Theatrical trailers
  • The Chaplin Collection trailers

Cast and Crew:

Warner Brothers presents
Charles ChaplinVirginia CherrillFlorence Lee"City Lights"
directed byCharles Chaplin
Production Year: 1931

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