A Charlie Chaplin Film – A Legacy of Laughter. Leading lady Claire Bloom called it a “fairy godmother” story. Historians said it was frankly autobiographical. Charlie Chaplin knew it was a love story. Limelight is all of these, and more. Above all, it is the story of a successful quest for immortality, in which the torch of genius is trust into the hands of the next generation of artists. It was a particularly apt theme for the last film Charlie Chaplin made in the United States and for United Artists. At the time of Limelight’s completion in 1952, Chaplin was under a barrage of media and government attacks questioning his patriotism. As a result Limelight was effectively banned in the US soon after it’s premiere. Nevertheless, Limelight was named one of the best ten films of 1952 by The New York Times, and Chaplin won an Oscar for his Original Dramatic Score when the film was finally released in 1972. Limelight includes a scene with the great Buster Keaton. The only time both Buster and Charlie appeared together on the silver screen. Special Features – Digitally remastered, Filmography, Biography, Picture Gallery, Rare Lost Scene.
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Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Claire Bloom, Norman Lloyd, Sydney Chaplin, Nigel Bruce, Geraldine Chaplin, Wheeler Dryden, Melissa Hayden, Andre Eglevsky, Marjorie Bennett, Snub Pollard, Barry Bernard, Stapleton Kent, Michael Chaplin, Julian Ludwig, Edna Purviance, Josephine Chaplin, Leonard Mudie, Loyal Underwood, Cyril Delevanti, Colin Kenny, Oona O’Neill, Charles Chaplin Jr., Billy Curtis, Judy Landon, Dorothy Ford, Charlie Hall, Frank Hagney, Stuart Holmes, Milicent Patrick, Charley Rogers, Eric Wilton, Sherry Moreland, Harry Crocker, Jack Deery, Tim Durant, Harold Miller, Benjie Bancroft, James W. Horan, Oona Chaplin.
