Chaplin Today: 'City Lights'
Chaplin Today: 'City Lights'

Chaplin Today: 'City Lights'

May 14, 2003 | 26 min

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.

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Documentary

Cast

Naomi Scott

Charlie Chaplin

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