Limelight Dvd

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A young dancer wants to know if the white haired gentleman who saved her life is Calvero, the great music hall comedian. I “was” the gentleman replies.

Charles Chaplin’s Limelight is a glimmering homage to what was, a proud look at bygone entertainment era and a bittersweet tale of an artist passing the torch to a new generation. Chaplin portrays Calvero who rescues a distraught ballerina from suicide and mentors her to success. Among the films comedy highlights is a musical routine that’s anything but routine in the hands of legend Chaplin and stone faced Buster Keaton. The extraordinary score by Chaplin, Raymond Rash and Larry Russell earned the screen legend his only competitive Oscar.
  • All-new digital transfer from Chaplin family vault picture and audio elements.
  • Soundtrack remastered in Dolby Digital 5.1 as well as Original 1.0 Mono.
  • Interactive Menus
  • Scene Access
  • Languages : English (5.1), French, Italian (1.0)
  • Subtitles : English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, Bulgarian, Romanian, Dutch.
  • Hearing Impaired : English, French, Italian Special.
Limelight
Special Features:
  • Chaplin Today. Limelight 26 Mins. Documentary by Edgardo Cozarinsky with the participation of Bernardo Bertolucci.
  • Introduction by David Robinson 6 Mins. Chaplin’s biographer sets the film in its historical and cinematic context.
  • Deleted scenes 4 Mins. Cut by Chaplin after the film’s premiere, this scene contains a conversation between Calvero (Chaplin) and Claudius, the Armless Wonder.
  • Original Score 59 Mins. Complete musical soundtrack from Limelight
  • Footlights 3 Mins. Two excerpts from the original novel, read by Charles Chaplin.
  • The Professor (1919) 7 mins. In this incomplete short, Charles Chaplin played the role of a flea trainer for the first time.
  • Home Movies. The Chaplin family in the United States in the early 50s.
  • Chaplin’s return to the places of his London childhood in 1959.
  • Photo Gallery: 200 production stills, preparatory sketches, Chaplin and Keaton by W.Eugene Smith.
  • Poster Gallery.
  • Theatrical Trailers 6 Mins.
  • Scenes from films in the Chaplin Collection. 23 mins.