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Limelight
2h 17min
ROMANCE
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MUSIC
COMEDY
A fading music hall comedian tries to help a despondent ballet dancer learn to walk and to again feel confident about life.
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Limelight (1952) ORIGINAL TRAILER
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Original Title
Limelight
Runtime (Duration)
2h 17min
Directors
Critics & Audience Score
6.7
Total Votes
589
Release Year
1952
Country
United States of America
Production Budget
$900K
Box Office Revenue
$1M
Profit / Loss Analysis
$100K
Casting
Actors

Charlie Chaplin
Calvero

Claire Bloom
Thereza 'Terry' Ambrose

Nigel Bruce
Postant

Buster Keaton
Calvero's Partner

Sydney Chaplin
Neville

Norman Lloyd
Bodalink

Andre Eglevsky
Dancer - Harlequin

Melissa Hayden
Dancer - Columbine

Marjorie Bennett
Mrs. Sybil Alsop

Wheeler Dryden
Thereza's Doctor

Barry Bernard
John Redfern
Stapleton Kent
Claudius
Molly Glessing
Maid

Leonard Mudie
Dr. Blake - Calvero's Doctor

Loyal Underwood
Street Musician

Harry 'Snub' Pollard
Street Musician
Julian Ludwig
Street Musician
Billy Lee Aimone
Little Boy (uncredited)
John Alban
Empire Theatre Patron (uncredited)
Benjie Bancroft
Music Hall Patron (uncredited)
John Barton
Music Hall Patron (uncredited)
Ray Beltram
Actor Backstage (uncredited)
Paul Bradley
Empire Theatre Patron (uncredited)
James Carlisle
Music Hall Patron (uncredited)

Charles Chaplin, Jr.
Clown (uncredited)

Geraldine Chaplin
Little Girl on Steps (uncredited)

Josephine Chaplin
Child on Steps (uncredited)

Michael Chaplin
Child on Steps (uncredited)

Oona O'Neill Chaplin
Extra (uncredited)
Bud Cokes
Music Hall Patron (uncredited)
Crew

Charlie Chaplin
DIRECTOR

Charlie Chaplin
ORIGINAL MUSIC COMPOSER

Charlie Chaplin
SCREENPLAY

Charlie Chaplin
PRODUCER

Karl Struss
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY

Charlie Chaplin
ORIGINAL STORY
Joe Inge
EDITOR

Eugène Lourié
ART DIRECTION
Frank Testera
GAFFER
Edward Phillips
ASSISTANT EDITOR
Florence Avery
HAIRSTYLIST

Robert Aldrich
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Riley Thorne
WARDROBE DESIGNER
Lonnie D'Orsa
PRODUCTION MANAGER
Jack Verne
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Dorothea Holt
PRODUCTION ILLUSTRATOR
Hugh McDowell Jr.
SOUND
Harold E. McGhan
SOUND EDITOR
Roland Totheroh
CAMERA SUPERVISOR
Monroe P. Askins
SECOND ASSISTANT CAMERA
Dick Johnson
FIRST ASSISTANT CAMERA
Wallace Chewning
CAMERA OPERATOR
George Hommel
STILL PHOTOGRAPHER
W. Eugene Smith
STILL PHOTOGRAPHER
Elmer Ellsworth
WARDROBE SUPERVISOR
Drew Tetrick
WARDROBE SUPERVISOR
Ted Tetrick
TAILOR
Ray Rasch
MUSIC ARRANGER
Larry Russell
MUSIC ARRANGER
Keith Williams
CONDUCTOR
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