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Becker (1998) s01e07 – City Lights
The Stop Button Posted by on Sep 18, 2019
Once again… I’m wondering how long it takes for “Becker” to start getting really good. I remember it being really good at some points. Like whole seasons. This episode’s all about the streetlight outside Ted Danson’s apartment flickering and him trying to get it fixed. He’s not going to read more

Becker (1998) s01e07 – City Lights
The Stop Button Posted by on Sep 18, 2019
Once again… I’m wondering how long it takes for “Becker” to start getting really good. I remember it being really good at some points. Like whole seasons. This episode’s all about the streetlight outside Ted Danson’s apartment flickering and him trying to get it fixed. He’s not going to read more

CITY LIGHTS ( 1931 )
CineMaven's Essays from the Couch Posted by Theresa Brown on Jan 5, 2016
“CITY LIGHTS” reeled me in. It pulled me by the string and led me where it wanted me to go. And I was a willing participant. Why did I misjudge NYC’s Film Forum audience. Showtime was 11:00am this past Sunday. When I walked in at 11:05am expecting to see trailers and slide in to my favorite front read more

City Lights (1931) – Updated
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Aug 8, 2014
This film opens with the Tramp in all his glory sleeping on a statue during its public unveiling. He is rudely awakened and shooed off on his way. He drifts down the boulevards finally meeting a lowly flower girl, showing her kindness before moving on. Although I am partial to Paulette Goddard, Virg read more

Review: City Lights (1931)
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Aug 8, 2014
This film opens with the Tramp in all his glory sleeping on a statue during its public unveiling. He is rudely awakened and shooed off on his way. He drifts down the boulevards finally meeting a lowly flower girl, showing her kindness before moving on. Although I am partial to Paulette Goddard, Virg read more

Review: City Lights (1931)
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Aug 8, 2014
This film opens with the Tramp in all his glory sleeping on a statue during its public unveiling. He is rudely awakened and shooed off on his way. He drifts down the boulevards finally meeting a lowly flower girl, showing her kindness before moving on. Although I am partial to Paulette Goddard, Virg read more

Live From the TCM Classic Film Festival Day 3: CITY LIGHTS (1931), I REMEMBER MAMA (1948), HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY (1941), Hollywood Home Movies, THE WOMEN (1939), FREAKS (1932)
Backlots Posted by Lara on Apr 13, 2014
On what was my busiest day of the festival thus far, my film experiences yesterday ran the gamut of human emotion. From the laughs and tears of City Lights to the nostalgia of I Remember Mama, to delight at the naughtiness of The Women to the uncomfortable but ultimately triumphant horror of Freaks read more

"City Lights"
Studies in Cinema Posted by Jeremy Carr on Dec 10, 2013
As they have with The Gold Rush, Modern Times, The Great Dictator, and Monsieur Verdoux,
The Criterion Collection has released another stunning Blu-ray/DVD
transfer of a Charlie Chaplin classic, rife with a surplus of features. City Lights
(1931), which Criterion itself calls, “the most che read more

CMBA Blogathon | Film Passion 101: City Lights (1931)
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Dec 3, 2013
By 1931, the silent film had gone the way of the dodo. And yet one of the most popular comedians in the world managed to avoid the talkies and produce an acclaimed and beautiful silent movie. City Lights is the story of a blind girl and a little tramp. Comedy, pathos… In short, a Charlie Cha read more

10 Things About City Lights (1931) (2)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Jan 30, 2013
Released on January 30, 1931, Charlie Chaplin’s silent City Lights turns 82 today. While that’s pretty old, it’s actually pretty young for a silent movie. Chaplin, worried about how his Little Tramp would translate in the world of talkies, Chaplin remained a lone holdout long afte read more

10 Things About City Lights (1931) (1)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Jan 30, 2013
Released on January 30, 1931, Charlie Chaplin’s silent City Lights turns 82 today. While that’s pretty old, it’s actually pretty young for a silent movie. Chaplin, worried about how his Little Tramp would translate in the world of talkies, Chaplin remained a lone holdout long afte read more

City Lights (1)
MacGuffin Movies Posted by RBuccicone on Dec 14, 2012
City Lights (1931) Only Charlie Chaplin could make a hit out of a silent movie after the transition to sound. City Lights was his first movie since talkies were invented. They had become the norm by 1929, but despite pressures to convert his flick to include audible dialogue, the star stuck to what read more

City Lights (1931)
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Oct 2, 2012
In this Charlie Chaplin film we follow the Tramp as he romances a blind flower girl and is befriended by a crazy millionaire. In line with all the great Chaplin silent films, this one has many comedic moments but also sentimentality. In one scene the Tramp might find himself dragged along with the m read more

City Lights (1931)
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Oct 2, 2012
In this Charlie Chaplin film we follow the Tramp as he romances a blind flower girl and is befriended by a crazy millionaire. In line with all the great Chaplin silent films, this one has many comedic moments but also sentimentality. In one scene the Tramp might find himself dragged along with the m read more

Haiku: City Lights (1931)
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Sep 5, 2012
Sometimes illusion
Is the only way to find
The love of your life
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City Lights (2)
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on May 8, 2012
In 1931, talkies had gone from the newest fad to mainstream. Silent films were quickly becoming too old fashioned. Nonetheless, Charlie Chaplin wrote, directed and starred in the silent City Lights. Surprisingly, it was one of Chaplin’s most successful films, financially and critically. read more

Haiku #5 - City Lights
A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on Apr 30, 2011
Chaplin could inspire anyone to poetry!
City LightsFlowers in my mouthTaste of sacrifice and love.I can see. Can you?
This is an entry for the Best For Film Hollywood Haikus blogging competition. Enter now. read more