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...ou haven't heard before, but nicely written.
4) 'The Great Movies.' By Roger Ebert
Has an essay on 'City Lights.' Some of you may have already read this piece. You can find it online at:
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...om a post in alt.movies.silent:
The Chaplin Estate has denied the Alamo Drafthouse permission to show CITY LIGHTS with a different score than the original one.
The URL for the controversy:...
Hello everybody,
I've got to tell you I just saw this DVD with the Carl Davis soundtrack and I thought it was fantastic. It was really a thrill to see on my new big-screen TV with the new score blas
Found this on alt.movies.silent:
Yah! Who wants ta watch all dose stinkin' silent moovies? All dat readin' hurts ma eyezzzz....
Leslie (who can't help but think that Leonard Maltin was right...)
...ooks. If your from the Boston area and close to the Peabody, MA Borders Books store, I saw the box set (City Lights, Modern Times, Great Dictator, and Gold Rush) for $49.99. I also saw Gold Rush, Firs...
.... Chaplin was one of my father's heroes, and the pictures sparked his memory: being so knocked out by ''City Lights'' on its opening day that he sat through the next two showings; chasing down the str...
... no longer commercially practicable.
The idea that the Chaplin estate needs to squeeze dollars out of CITY LIGHTS is laughable. The bulk of the estate is surely invested in solid securities, which i...
...onal plea for either a wealthy patron to buy this building (name a price that can't be refused) or, the City of Chicago to designate it as a landmark. It would make a great place for a Chaplin museum....
...ent...
http://usinfo.state.gov/cgi-bin/washfile/display.pl?p=/products/washf...
Some excerpts...
'City Lights,' Charlie Chaplin's last and perhaps best film, is another example of how the NGO is...
...this works so well (and I need to admit that although I will occasionally get teary-eyed from a movie, 'City Lights' actually made me cry). I think part of the effect is the ambiguity of the ending. W...
...2 years as his film career flourished.
He was a box office draw with movies such as 'The Gold Rush,' 'City Lights' and 'The Kid,' but the American public was less enamored with his lifestyle.
By 1...
...ng. Out of 1397 voters, 61 people gave 'Modern Times' a one rating. Out of 893 voters, 22 of them gave 'City Lights' a one rating.
I can understand if people don't care for silent movies, but how co...
...hear that. Come to think of it, even Chaplin used sound effects of hitting a piano in the silent movie, CITY LIGHTS.
Anyway, I don't want to review how funny the film was to me because then I'd have...
...og's Life, With You Dear, In Bombay, Introduction and Terry's Theme from Limelight, Love Interlude from City Lights, Hurry Theme from City Lights, Fanfare: Unveiling the Statue from City Lights, Smile...
...wntown Philadelphia.
The Prince is formerly the Midtown Theatre, a large first run showcase in center city Philadelphia. The theatre is a nonprofit performing arts and film theatre now. But movies a...
...from his more than 80 films are shown. Those films include The Gold Rush, A Woman of Paris, The Circus, City Lights, The Great Dictator and Limelight. Interviews offer revealing insights and opinions ...
What a beautiful story 'City Lights' is. It's wonderfully acted and the story is timeless.
Charlie Chaplin made his greatest film when he set out to make one of the last films that would be silent.
...and Tillie are sitting on a fence, as well as the scene where Charlie offers to take Tillie away to the city. There are also a couple spots on the DVD where scenes are repeated, most notably the scene...
Just watched the boxing scene from City Lights and noticed Chaplin has no chest hair visible. Did he shave for the movie?
... more obscure films to your collection, these will do quite nicely.
The place I got them from is tempocity.com. They're shipped from Malaysia and I paid $15 for tracked FedEx delivery. They were shi...
Hi all I am a big fan of Charlie Chaplin. I didn't get the grade I wanted in college 'cause I watched City Lights the morning of the Exam, I just couldn't get him outta my head. Not that he's to blame
...id Robinson claims?
6)I feel strongly that the bum from whom Charlie takes the cigar on the street in City Lights is John Rand? What do you think?
7)The IMDB lists San Francisco as a location for ...
lately i watch city light and crying ......
so, i know that i do love movie thank you..chaplin !!!
Can someone help me? I have the Davis soundtrack to City Lights, but isn't there another CD he did of Chaplin's music? I don't know the name of it, or what's on it. I bought a CD recently of Chaplin m
...en at a movie theatre playing 'The Great Dictator.' Outside, there is heavy camera-emphasis on the publicity material for the film under the marquee.
I thought a detected a bit of irony about Americ...
...n series of ancient shorts on N.Y. teevee station WPIX. He also claims to have caused discontinuance of CITY LIGHTS runs in two N.J. theatres and the cancellation of the film in two other spots. Fehre...
He was the co-cinematographer of CITY LIGHTS, which was his last film according to the Internet Movie Database:
Cinematographer filmography (1930s) (1920s)
City Lights (1931) Queen Kelly (1929) He
In CITY LIGHTS, Chaplin prepared a scene with a little piece of wood stuck in a grate. The scene has been seen in UNKNOWN CHAPLIN. It is a self-contained sequence that Chaplin decided to edit out befo
Probably since unlike the other sound effects this one orrurs in a scene
with background music going on all the time?
But would you hire a voice imitator to mimic Caruso then?
...ng, but I've been toying with the idea of have a Chaplin themed New Year's Eve party. I'll show either _City Lights_ or _The Gold Rush_. Have any of you given such a party? What ideas can you toss my ...
...ng] in New York and nobody knows it, it means Rosie Perez and I go down with these 150 demonstrators to City Hall, then the TV cameras will come.'
Sarandon defends celebrity activism as an opportuni...
...eed help...i have to watch at some chaplin's movies for an examination about 'cinema history', such as 'city lights', 'the kid', 'the circus' and 'easy street'...but i couldn't find them in any shop o...
Has anyone ever seen the presentation of the Oscar to Charlie? I live in New York City and I called the museum of Broadcast and Television to see if they had a video recording of the 72 Academy Awards
..., but here's what's on when, briefly.
Thur 24 Dec 6.10am BBC2 - Modern Times Sat 26 Dec 6.05am BBC2 - City Lights Tue 29 Dec 6.15am BBC2 - A Woman of Paris (not on video in UK) Wed Dec 30 6.35am BBC...
And 'Bravo!' to you for your contribution to the new spirit of a.m.c.
...elievable, but not necessarily memorable.
Chaplin, as a harried husband stuck in a quagmire of domesticity, is quite amusing. His casual holding of the baby by using the loose diaper as a handle is ...
If you're in the New York City area & want a good restaurant with great entertainment, you might consider The Olive Tree in the Village.
Erik Blauberg, exec chef, of The '21' Club, tells us in a New
...In the TIME 100 article about Chaplin, Ann Douglas includes The Circus with The Kid, The Gold Rush, and City Lights as his silent masterpieces....
I'm looking for someone who might know where I can get a vhs copy of C. Chaplin's 'City Lights'.
... in fact RESISTED input from the public.
I might cite as the Point of Turnaround to be at the time of CITY LIGHTS. Surprised?
It was CITY LIGHTS where Charlie bucked the entire system (his Hollywo...
Is your balloon photo from Southern California?
...World War II comedies.
You could say that about The Bowery Boys. Heck, they made comedies about inner city youths.
You could say that about Beevis & Butthead. Heck, they made cartoons about the st...
...her showing up.
If Chaplin were making movies today the clamor for sequels to THE KID, THE GOLD RUSH, CITY LIGHTS, and MODERN TIMES would be terrific. I prefer to stew over what happens to Charlie a...
Here's an article that was published in today's Kansas City Star about the film festival there...
'Get to know Chaplin on the big-screen'
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Virginia's mother in CITY LIGHTS either had the world's dullest bread knife or she was cutting the toughest loaf of bread in the world. Perhaps it was a leftover loaf from DOUGH AND DYNAMITE, I don't
You are possibly referring to the changing position of Chaplin's hands as those two powerful close-up are intercut? This gets into an issue which has many ramifications beyond the purely technical and
...s everyone read Alexander Woolcott's essays on Chaplin's THE PILGRIM (in the book Enchanted Aisles) and CITY LIGHTS (in When Rome Burns) ?? If not, I recommend seeking them out as they are well-writte...
...Films List: http://members.aol.com/Feuillade/TomMoran21.index.html
Silent Film Screenings in New York City:...
I wonder if he would include 'The Chaplin Revue' in that category.
You're right
... expressing our favorites. If you want to see what fighting is all about, check out two past threads on CITY LIGHTS MUSIC & JOAN COLLINS....
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