Charlie+Chaplin++City+Lights



Click this link to see a comparison of Chaplin and Johnny Depp doing the hilarious "rolls dance" created by Chaplin in his movie //The Gold Rush//: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvGStVpWyK0

Read this fun easy article by Joe Leydon from "Must See Movies", which explains Woody Allen's view of Chaplin.

Now watch the following clip from the ending of City Lights, where you can see for yourself the scene to which Woody Allen is referring. This bittersweet meeting between The Little Tramp and the once-blind flower girl who now sees him for the first time is one of the most respected bits of acting and filmmaking ever! media type="youtube" key="C_vqnySNhQ0" height="344" width="425"

Authors: Ethan and Cam

Director:Charlie Chaplin

Year:1931

Genre:Comedy Romance

Actors:Charlie Chaplin "The Tramp",

Synopsis:He meets this blind flower woman who thinks he is rich. He falls in love with her and in the end he gets the money to fix her blindness.

Unusual or Interesting Facts:City Lights was made 3 years after the sound era.Yet Charlie preferred silent films.

Links to related websites:AMERICAN HISTORY & FILMS