City Lights NewsNews on City Lights continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.'City Lights'' new print brightens Music Box- December 29, 2007 'CITY LIGHTS' A new 35 mm print of Charlie Chaplin's 'City Lights' (1931) is making the rounds. With its themes of selflessness and grace, as well as its graceful intertwining of comedy and pathos, this is a fine time for a revisit. It was Chaplin's first film of the sound era, though Chaplin defied expectations and created an unfashionable silent feature, albeit a silent with his own original score accompanying the 'comedy romance in pantomime.' He shot for a full six months and then, for...http://www.topix.net/movies/city-lights/2007/12/city-lights-new-print-brightens-music-box?... If only one film by Charlie Chaplan could be preserved forever- December 28, 2007 A Tramp: Charles Chaplin Blind Girl: Virginia Cherrill Her Grandmother: Florence Lee Millionaire: Harry Myers Millionaire's Butler: Allan Garcia Prizefighter: Hank Mann A film directed, produced, written and ... via Chicago Sun-Timeshttp://www.topix.net/movies/city-lights/2007/12/if-only-one-film-by-charlie-chaplan-could-... Celebrate Chaplin's life in film- December 21, 2007 With his little mustache, oversize pants, bowler hat and walking stick, Charlie Chaplin , known as the Little Tramp, became the greatest comic icon in the early 19th century, and his ingenious mime still ... via The Japan Timeshttp://www.topix.net/movies/city-lights/2007/12/celebrate-chaplins-life-in-film?fromrss=1 David Denby: Charlie Chaplin's "City Lights."- December 17, 2007 A long string of confetti is mistaken for spaghetti and gets eaten. A piece of soap, taken for cheese, is placed on bread and also is consumed. via New Yorkerhttp://www.topix.net/movies/city-lights/2007/12/david-denby-charlie-chaplins-city-lights?f... Chaplin vs Keaton- December 4, 2007 "The Circus", "City Lights", "Modern Times" Fighting words from Bryan Appleyard : I don't think I know anyone who prefers Chaplin to Keaton... Keaton's emotional blankness seems somehow modern, while Chaplin's brilliantly executed slapstick lurches too ... via The Spectatorhttp://www.topix.net/movies/city-lights/2007/12/chaplin-vs-keaton?fromrss=1 |