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Actors: Charles Chaplin, Claire Bloom, Nigel Bruce, Buster Keaton, Sydney Chaplin
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Limelight |
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Calvero (Chaplin) was a great comedian and star of the London music hall stage before the First World War. But his career has faded by the period between the wars, when he runs into Thereza (Bloom), a young and despondent ballerina who attempted suicide. Calvero takes her in, nurtures her strength and spirits, and puts her back on her feet in every way. Grateful, she thinks she loves him and proposes, but Calvero knows she has a rich and long life ahead of her and graciously turns her down. Years later, when she is a success, Thereza and her management arrange a comeback performance for the old veteran, along with his partner from bygone days (Keaton). This 1952 film was Chaplin's last in the U.S., before government pressures drove him to Switzerland. It's creaky and sentimental, but has its lovely moments. Because it had such limited release and did not even play Los Angeles, it won an Oscar for Best Original Score after rerelease in 1972.
--David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Limelight |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Job/Profession/Poverty Story?
Yes
Job:
- performer or comedian
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- comedian
Age:
- long lived adults
Hair color?
- white
Hair type
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavey
Body type
- (woman) very skinny
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
Main Adversary
Identity:
- general circumstances
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
City?
Yes
City:
- London
Misc setting
- theater
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- spiritual
Check here if B&W
Yes
Any profanity?
- None
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
Is this movie based on a
- book
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