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Chaplin Today: 'City Lights' (2003)

Poster for Chaplin Today: 'City Lights'

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.

Cast & Crew

Director
Serge Bromberg
  • Profile picture of Charlie Chaplin
    Self (archive footage) Charlie Chaplin
  • Profile picture of Peter Lord
    Self Peter Lord

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  • tramp
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