Ultimately his personal favorite of his many masterworks, it was his baby and he took an unusually long time to piece it together.
The story of a Little Tramp (Chaplin) who falls for a blind flower girl ( Virginia Cherrill) and endures a turbulent relationship with a drunken millionaire ( Harry Myers) and countless other obstacles so that the apple of his eye may see.Ī silent made four years after the talkie revolution, City Lights was a special film for Chaplin, too. The magnum opus of Charlie Chaplin, cinema’s greatest clown, also humanist and steadfast romantic.
