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Limelight is a 1952 comedy-drama film written, directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin, co-starring Claire Bloom, with an appearance by Buster Keaton. In dance scenes, Bloom is doubled by Melissa Hayden. The film score is composed by Chaplin and arranged by Ray Rasch. The film was released amidst public controversy, and passed over by many theaters, as at this time Chaplin was refused re-entry to the United States on alleged grounds that he was a communist sympathizer. It was re-released in the United States in 1972, however, and honored at the Academy Awards.
The movie is set in London in 1914, on the eve of World War I (and the year Chaplin made his first film). Calvero (Chaplin), once a famous stage clown but now a washed-up drunk, saves a young dancer, Thereza "Terry" Ambrose, (Claire Bloom), from suicide. Nursing her back to health, Calvero helps Terry regain her self-esteem and resume her dancing career. In doing so he regains his own self-confidence, but his attempts to make a comeback meet with failure. Terry says she wants to marry Calvero despite their age difference, although she has befriended Neville (Sydney Earl Chaplin), a young composer Calvero believes would be better suited to her. In order to give them a chance, Calvero leaves home and becomes a street entertainer. Terry, now starring in her own show, eventually finds Calvero and persuades him to return to the stage for a benefit concert. Reunited with an old partner (Keaton), Calvero gives a triumphant comeback performance. He suffers a heart attack during a routine, however, and dies in the wings while watching Terry, the second act on the bill, dance on stage.
Limelight 1952
Limelight (1952) - Charles Chaplin
Limelight (Charles Chaplin, 1952) - Trailer
Limelight (1952) - The Ending
Chaplin - Limelight - Dressing Room Scene
Charlie Chaplin & Geraldine Chaplin / Limelight 1952
Limelight 1952 Charles ( Charlie ) Chaplin - Musique du Film les feux de la Rampe - soundtrack HD HQ
Limelight (1952) - Charles Chaplin and Claire Bloom
Charlie Chaplin "Limelight" 1952
Charlie Chaplin - Eternally (From ''Limelight'') (1952)
He got a job in a record store
Where he works all day
Seems like he does okay
But he's so quiet all the time
When he leaves the shop
He goes straight back home
You know
And when he's there
He puts the limelight on
And he don't care
What else is going on
'cause then he's stella the star
He's got a dress in the warderobe
He puts lipstick on
And high heel shoes
Like the girl in the magazine
When he leaves the house
And walks to the bar
And when he's there
He puts the limelight on
And he don't care
What else is going on
'cause then he's stella the star
He shines and shines and shines
Until the pain
Until the pain is gone
He shines and shines and shines
Until the night
Until the night is gone
He got a dress in the warderobe
He puts lipstick on
And high heel shoes
Like the girl in the video
He wants to be
In the tv show
You know