Chaplin Today: City Lights

Chaplin Today: City Lights

2003 · 26 min · ★ 6.7 · Documentary

In 1928, as the talkies threw the film industry and film language into turmoil, Chaplin decided that his Tramp character would not be heard. City Lights would not be a talking picture, but it would have a soundtrack. Chaplin personally composed a musical score and sound effects for the picture. With Peter Lord, the famous co-creator of Chicken Run and Wallace & Gromit, we see how Chaplin became the king of slapstick comedy and the superstar of the movies.

Directed by Serge Bromberg

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Charlie Chaplin Self (archive footage)
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