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Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: CC2481BD | The Criterion CollectionSeries: Criterion collection (Blu-ray discs) ; 756.Publisher: [Irvington, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2015]Edition: Blu-ray special editionDescription: 1 videodisc (137 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (40 pages : illustrations ; 17 cm)Content type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
ISBN:
  • 9781604659931
  • 1604659939
Uniform titles:
  • Limelight (Motion picture : 1952)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.43/72 23
LOC classification:
  • PN1997 .L564 2015
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.
Cast: Charles Chaplin, Claire Bloom, Nigel Bruce, Buster Keaton, Sydney Chaplin, Norman Lloyd, Andre Eglevsky, Melissa Hayden, Marjorie Bennett.Summary: A masterful drama about the twilight of a former vaudeville star is among the writer/director₂s 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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Video Recording Carleton University, AVRC SP456 - Collections Room BLU-00379 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 16050309965

Title from sell sheet.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1952.

Special edition features: New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray; Chaplin's "Limelight": Its evolution and intimacey, a new video essay by Charlie Chaplin biographer David Robinso; New interviews with actors; Chaplin today: "Limelight," a 2002 documentary on the film; Outtake from the film; Archival audio recording of Charlie Chaplin reading two short excerpts from his novella Footlights; Two short films by Chaplin; Trailers; Plus: an essay by critic Peter von Bagh.

MPAA rating: Not rated.

Blu-ray; requires Blu-ray player; Aspect ratio 1.33:1.

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