About
City Lights is the first silent film that Charlie Chaplin directed after he established himself with sound accompanied films. The film is about a penniless man who falls in love with a flower girl.
Cast
Charlie Chaplin
Tramp
Virginia Cherrill
A Blind Girl
Florence Lee
The Blind Girl's Grandmother
Harry Myers
An Eccentric Millionaire
Al Ernest Garcia
The Eccentric Millionaire's Butler
Hank Mann
A Prizefighter
Albert Austin
Street Sweeper / Burglar (uncredited)
Eddie Baker
Boxing Fight Referee (uncredited)
Henry Bergman
Mayor / Blind Girl's Downstairs Neighbor (uncredited)
Keywords
silent film love black and white love of one's life suicide attempt millionaire operation eye operation blind girl blindness and impaired vision tramp flower shop flower girl little tramp
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#34 on IMDb top 250 IMDb
#24 on 1,000 greatest films They Shoot Pictures, Don't They?
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