City Lights (1931) Analysis (GUEST David from The Celluloid Historian) Part 2

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The most cherished film by Charlie Chaplin, City Lights is also his ultimate Little Tramp chronicle. The writer-director-star achieved new levels of grace, in both physical comedy and dramatic poignancy, with this silent tale of a lovable vagrant falling for a young blind woman who sells flowers on the street (Virginia Cherrill) and mistakes him for a millionaire. Though this Depression-era smash was made after the advent of sound, Chaplin remained steadfast in his love for the expressive beauty of the pre-talkie form. The result was the epitome of his art and the crowning achievement of silent comedy.

Part two of this episode continues with a scene-by-scene analysis of the film, the progressiveness of Chaplin's direction and style, and we wrap up this episode with some interesting facts about City Lights itself.