City lights

Chaplin, Charlie, 1889-1977 (screenwriter,, film director,, film producer,, actor,, composer (expression),, editor of moving image work.). Crocker, Harry, 1893-1958 (film director.). Bergman, Henry, 1870-1946 (film director.). Austin, Albert, (film director.). Cherrill, Virginia, 1908-1996 (actor.). Lee, Florence, 1888-1962 (actor.). Myers, Harry, 1886-1938 (actor.). Garcia, Allan, 1887-1938 (actor.). Mann, Hank, 1887-1971 (actor.). Totheroh, Roland H., 1890-1967 (director of photography.). Pollock, Gordon, 1897-1962 (director of photography.). Hall, Charles D., 1888-1970 (set decorator.). Johnston, Arthur, 1898-1954 (arranger of music.). Newman, Alfred, 1901-1970 (musical director.). Padilla, José, 1889-1960 (composer (expression)). Nico, Willard, (editor of moving image work.). Vance, Jeffrey, 1970- (commentator.). Lord, Peter, 1953- (interviewee (expression)). Barron, Craig, (interviewee (expression)). Mehran, Hooman, (commentator.). Giddins, Gary, (writer of added text.). Janus Films, (production company.). MK2 Productions, (production company.). Criterion Collection (Firm), (publisher.). Charlie Chaplin, Virginia Cherrill, Florence Lee, Harry Myers, Allan Garcia, Hank Mann. (Cast).

Summary: The most cherished film by Charlie Chaplin is also his ultimate Little Tramp chronicle. The writer-director-star achieved new levels of grace, in both physical comedy and dramatic poignancy, with this silent tale of a lovable vagrant falling for a young blind woman who sells flowers on the street and mistakes him for a millionaire. Though this Depression-era smash was made after the advent of sound, Chaplin remained steadfast in his love for the expressive beauty of the pre-talkie form.

Record details

ISBN: 1681431289
ISBN: 9781681431284
Physical Description: 1 Blu-ray disc (approximately 86 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (40 pages : illustrations ; 16 cm).
videodisc
Edition: Blu-ray special edition.
Publisher: [Irvington, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2016]

Content descriptions

General Note:	"A comedy romance in pantomime"--title frames. Originally released as a motion picture in 1931. Special features: Commentary (by Charlie Chaplin biographer Jeffrey Vance); Chaplin today: "City lights" (a 2003 documentary on the film, featuring Aardman animations cofounder Peter Lord); Chaplin Studios: creative freedom by design (a new interview program featuring visual effects expert Craig Barron); From the set of City lights: The tramp meets the flower girl, Stick stuck in the grate, Window-shopping rehearsal, The duke (archival footage from the production of City lights, including film from the set, with audio commentary by Chaplin historian Hooman Mehran; a costume test; a rehearsal; and a complete scene not used in the film); Chaplin the boxer: The champion (excerpt from Chaplin's short film The champion (1915)), Boxing stars visit the studio (footage of the director with boxing stars at Chaplin Studios in 1918); Trailers. Booklet featuring an essay by critic Gary Giddins and a 1966 interview with Chaplin.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Photographers, Rollie Totheroh, Gordon Pollock ; settings, Charles D. Hall ; music composed by Charles Chaplin ; musical arrangement by Arthur Johnston ; musical direction, Alfred Newman ; "La Violetera" by Jose Padilla ; [editors, Charles Chaplin, Willard Nico].
Participant or Performer Note:	Charlie Chaplin, Virginia Cherrill, Florence Lee, Harry Myers, Allan Garcia, Hank Mann.
System Details Note:	Blu-ray; region A, widescreen, Dolby Digital monaural; requires a Blu-ray player.
Language Note:	Silent with English intertitles and musical accompaniment.