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TITLE City Lights (1931)

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DISABILITY Blind

COUNTRY USA

LENGTH 86

GENRE Drama

DIRECTOR Charles Chaplin

CAST Charlie Chaplin

Virginia Cherrill

Harry Myers

Hank Mann

NOTES B/W., Silent

The tramp falls in love with blind flower-girl who regains her

sight. I can't remember what the operation is, if stated. It's

clear the tramp's love is not conditional on the flower-girl being blind but on getting her to see. The flower-girl's love appears to be conditional on his being a millionaire.

The film of course is much more than about blindness and is

using the flower-girl's lack of seeing as a comment on

society.

Anyone interested will find a lot of material on the Web about

Chaplin.

 


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