Limelight

The masterpiece of laughter and tears from the master of comedy!

Genres

RomanceDramaMusic

OverView

A fading music hall comedian tries to help a despondent ballet dancer learn to walk and to again feel confident about life.

Others

Budget

$900000

Revenue

$1000000

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

137 mins

Rating

7.9/10

Release Date

23 October 1952

Country

United States of America

Cast

Charlie Chaplin

Calvero

Claire Bloom

Thereza 'Terry' Ambrose

Nigel Bruce

Postant

Buster Keaton

Calvero's Partner

Sydney Chaplin

Neville

Norman Lloyd

Bodalink

Andre Eglevsky

Dancer - Harlequin

Melissa Hayden

Dancer - Columbine

Marjorie Bennett

Mrs. Sybil Alsop

Wheeler Dryden

Thereza's Doctor

Barry Bernard

John Redfern

Stapleton Kent

Claudius

Molly Glessing

Maid

Leonard Mudie

Dr. Blake - Calvero's Doctor

Loyal Underwood

Street Musician

Harry 'Snub' Pollard

Street Musician

Julian Ludwig

Street Musician

Billy Lee Aimone

Little Boy (uncredited)

John Alban

Empire Theatre Patron (uncredited)

Benjie Bancroft

Music Hall Patron (uncredited)

John Barton

Music Hall Patron (uncredited)

Ray Beltram

Actor Backstage (uncredited)

Paul Bradley

Empire Theatre Patron (uncredited)

James Carlisle

Music Hall Patron (uncredited)

Charles Chaplin, Jr.

Clown (uncredited)

Geraldine Chaplin

Little Girl on Steps (uncredited)

Josephine Chaplin

Child on Steps (uncredited)

Michael Chaplin

Child on Steps (uncredited)

Oona O'Neill Chaplin

Extra (uncredited)

Bud Cokes

Music Hall Patron (uncredited)

Harry Crocker

Music Hall Patron (uncredited)

Oliver Cross

Music Hall Patron (uncredited)

Billy Curtis

Midget in Agent's Office (uncredited)

Jack Deery

Emissary - Dress Circle (uncredited)

Cyril Delevanti

Griffin - Clown Outside Stage Door (uncredited)

Tim Durant

Music Hall Patron (uncredited)

Tom Ferrandini

Empire Theatre Patron (uncredited)

Dorothy Ford

Patrician Lady in Dress Circle (uncredited)

Curt Furberg

Empire Theatre Patron (uncredited)

Rudy Germane

Empire Theatre Patron (uncredited)

Marion Gray

Empire Theatre Patron (uncredited)

Frank Hagney

Extra in Dress Circle (uncredited)

Charlie Hall

Newsboy (uncredited)

Stuart Hall

Reception Guest (uncredited)

Sam Harris

Socialite (uncredited)

Stuart Holmes

Dinner Guest (uncredited)

Jimmie Horan

Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Kenner G. Kemp

Pub Extra (uncredited)

Colin Kenny

Music Hall Performer (uncredited)

Judy Landon

Extra in Dress Circle (uncredited)

Perk Lazelle

Empire Theatre Patron (uncredited)

Billy Lee

Little Boy (uncredited)

Maurice Marks

Stagehand (uncredited)

Harold Miller

Dinner Guest (uncredited)

Frank Mills

Man in Music Hall Audience (uncredited)

Sherry Moreland

Extra in Dress Circle (uncredited)

George Nardelli

Empire Theatre Patron (uncredited)

Milicent Patrick

Extra in Dress Circle (uncredited)

Jack Perry

Stagehand (uncredited)

José Portugal

Empire Theatre Patron (uncredited)

Edna Purviance

Mrs. Parker (uncredited)

Paul Ravel

Empire Theatre Patron (uncredited)

Charley Rogers

Man in Saloon (uncredited)

Victor Romito

Empire Theatre Patron (uncredited)

Elizabeth Root

Extra in Dress Circle (uncredited)

Cap Somers

Music Hall Patron (uncredited)

Gus Taillon

Derelict (uncredited)

Valerie Vernon

Extra in Dress Circle (uncredited)

Eric Wilton

Major Domo at Dinner (uncredited)

Florence Wix

Reception Guest (uncredited)

Similar Movies

7.9

On the Waterfront

June 1954 •English

Terry Malloy is a kindhearted dockworker, and former boxer, who is tricked by his corrupt bosses into leading his friend to death. After falling in love, he tries to leave the waterfront and expose his employers.

7.3

Pickpocket

December 1959 •French

Michel takes up pickpocketing on a lark and is arrested soon after. His mother dies shortly after his release, and despite the objections of his only friend, Jacques, and his mother's neighbor Jeanne, Michel teams up with a couple of petty thieves in order to improve his craft. With a police inspector keeping an eye on him, Michel also tries to get a straight job, but the temptation to steal is hard to resist.

7.7

Manhattan

April 1979 •English

Manhattan explores how the life of a middle-aged television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress.

7.6

A Streetcar Named Desire

September 1951 •English

A disturbed, aging Southern belle moves in with her sister for solace — but being face-to-face with her brutish brother-in-law accelerates her downward spiral.

8.1

All About Eve

November 1950 •English

From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Eve Harrington is determined to take the reins of power away from the great actress Margo Channing. Eve maneuvers her way into Margo's Broadway role, becomes a sensation and even causes turmoil in the lives of Margo's director boyfriend, her playwright and his wife. Only the cynical drama critic sees through Eve, admiring her audacity and perfect pattern of deceit.

7.3

Murder She Said

September 1961 •English

Miss Marple believes she's seen a murder in a passing-by train, yet when the police find no evidence she decides to investigate it on her own.

7.0

Murder at the Gallop

June 1963 •English

Miss Marple and Mr. Stringer are witnesses to the death by heart attack of elderly, rich Mr. Enderby. Yet they have their doubts about what happened. The police don't believe them, thus leading Miss Marple to yet again investigate by herself.

7.0

Murder Most Foul

March 1964 •English

A murderer is brought to court and only Miss Marple is unconvinced of his innocence. Once again she begins her own investigation.

7.0

Murder Ahoy

September 1964 •English

During an annual board of trustees meeting, one of the trustees dies. Miss Marple thinks he’s been poisoned after finding a chemical on him. She sets off to investigate at the ship where he had just come from. The fourth and final film from the Miss Marple series starring Margaret Rutherford as the quirky amateur detective.

6.5

Blackmail

July 1929 •English

London, 1929. Frank Webber, a very busy Scotland Yard detective, seems to be more interested in his work than in Alice White, his girlfriend. Feeling herself ignored, Alice agrees to go out with an elegant and well-mannered artist who invites her to visit his fancy apartment.

5.8

The Good German

December 2006 •English

An American journalist arrives in Berlin just after the end of World War Two. He becomes involved in a murder mystery surrounding a dead GI who washes up at a lakeside mansion during the Potsdam negotiations between the Allied powers. Soon his investigation connects with his search for his married pre-war German lover.

7.4

Trouble in Paradise

October 1932 •English

Thief Gaston Monescu and pickpocket Lily are partners in crime and love. Working for perfume company executive Mariette Colet, the two crooks decide to combine their criminal talents to rob their employer. Under the alias of Monsieur Laval, Gaston uses his position as Mariette's personal secretary to become closer to her. However, he takes things too far when he actually falls in love with Mariette, and has to choose between her and Lily.

7.3

The Blue Angel

April 1930 •German

Prim professor Immanuel Rath finds some of his students ogling racy photos of cabaret performer Lola Lola and visits a local club, The Blue Angel, in an attempt to catch them there. Seeing Lola perform, the teacher is filled with lust, eventually resigning his position at the school to marry the young woman. However, his marriage to a coquette -- whose job is to entice men -- proves to be more difficult than Rath imagined.

7.9

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

February 1920 •German

Francis, a young man, recalls in his memory the horrible experiences he and his fiancée Jane recently went through. Francis and his friend Alan visit The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, an exhibit where the mysterious doctor shows the somnambulist Cesare, and awakens him for some moments from his death-like sleep.

8.1

Some Like It Hot

March 1959 •English

Two musicians witness a mob hit and struggle to find a way out of the city before they are found by the gangsters. Their only opportunity is to join an all-girl band as they leave on a tour. To make their getaway they must first disguise themselves as women, then keep their identities secret and deal with the problems this brings - such as an attractive bandmate and a very determined suitor.

8.1

8½

February 1963 •Italian

Guido Anselmi, a film director, finds himself creatively barren at the peak of his career. Urged by his doctors to rest, Anselmi heads for a luxurious resort, but a sorry group gathers—his producer, staff, actors, wife, mistress, and relatives—each one begging him to get on with the show. In retreat from their dependency, he fantasizes about past women and dreams of his childhood.

8.6

Schindler's List

December 1993 •English

The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.

8.2

The Seventh Seal

February 1957 •Swedish

When disillusioned Swedish knight Antonius Block returns home from the Crusades to find his country in the grips of the Black Death, he challenges Death to a chess match for his life. Tormented by the belief that God does not exist, Block sets off on a journey, meeting up with traveling players Jof and his wife, Mia, and becoming determined to evade Death long enough to commit one redemptive act while he still lives.

7.5

Ed Wood

September 1994 •English

The mostly true story of the legendary "worst director of all time", who, with the help of his strange friends, filmed countless B-movies without ever becoming famous or successful.

7.7

Stalag 17

May 1953 •English

It's a dreary Christmas 1944 for the American POWs in Stalag 17 and the men in Barracks 4, all sergeants, have to deal with a grave problem—there seems to be a security leak.