Limelight
(DVD)
Contributors
Chaplin, Charlie, 1889-1977, screenwriter,
Bloom, Claire, 1931- actor.
Bruce, Nigel, 1895-1953, actor.
Keaton, Buster, 1895-1966, actor.
Chaplin, Sydney, actor.
Bloom, Claire, 1931- actor.
Bruce, Nigel, 1895-1953, actor.
Keaton, Buster, 1895-1966, actor.
Chaplin, Sydney, actor.
Published
[Irvington, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2015].
Status
Main - Upon Request - Adult Movie
DVD 791.43 L733
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DVD 791.43 L733
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| Location | Call Number | Status |
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Published
[Irvington, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2015].
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (137 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (40 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.)
Language
English
UPC
715515146319
Notes
General Note
DVD release of the 1952 motion picture.
General Note
Special features: New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray; Disc 2: Chaplin's "Limelight": Its evolution and intimacey (a new video essay by Charlie Chaplin biographer David Robinson); Claire Bloom and Norman Lloyd (new interviews with the actors from 2015 and 2012); Chaplin today: "Limelight" (a 2002 documentary on the film); Outtake (scene involving an old, armless friend of Calvero's that was removed before the film's worldwide distribution); Charlie Chaplin reads from Footlights (archival audio recording of Charlie Chaplin reading two short excerpts from his novella Footlights which is the basis for Limelight); Short films: A night in the show (1915 ; 25 min., accompanied by a 2014 score by composer Timothy Brock), The professor (1919 ; 7 min., uncomplete film); Trailers. Booklet includes an essay by critic Peter von Bagh.
Creation/Production Credits
Music composed by Charles Chaplin ; arranged by Ray Rasch and Charles Chaplin ; conducted by Keith Williams ; director of photography, Karl Struss ; art director, Eugene Lourie ; editor, Joe Inge ; wardrobe designed by Riley Thorne.
Participants/Performers
Charles Chaplin, Claire Bloom, Nigel Bruce, Buster Keaton, Sydney Chaplin, Norman Lloyd, Andre Eglevsky, Melissa Hayden, Marjorie Bennett.
Description
A masterful drama about the twilight of a former vaudeville star is among the writer/director's most touching films. Calvero, a once beloved musical-comedy performer, now a washed-up alcoholic who lives in a small London flat. A glimmer of hope arrives when he meets a beautiful but melancholy ballerina who lives downstairs.
Target Audience
MPAA rating: Not rated.
System Details
DVD ; NTSC, region 1 ; fullscreen (1.37:1) presentation ; Dolby digital mono.
Language
English audio.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Chaplin, C., Bloom, C., Bruce, N., Keaton, B., Chaplin, S., Lloyd, N., Eglevsky, A., Hayden, M., Bennett, M., Rasch, R., Williams, K., Struss, K., Lourié, E., Inge, J., Thorne, R., Robinson, D., Brock, T., & Bagh, P. v. (2015). Limelight (Two-DVD special edition.). The Criterion Collection.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Charlie Chaplin et al.. 2015. Limelight. The Criterion Collection.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Charlie Chaplin et al.. Limelight The Criterion Collection, 2015.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Chaplin, Charlie, et al. Limelight Two-DVD special edition., The Criterion Collection, 2015.
Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.
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