1931 • Charlie Chaplin-
Featuring Charlie Chaplin’s iconic “Tramp” character,
City Lights is Chaplin’s most critically
acclaimed and financially successful film. Beneath all the comedy is one of cinema’s most
profoundly moving romantic stories. To this day, City Lights
is considered one of the greatest filmsof all time. Release just a few years after the emergence of sound films, City Lights is essentially a
silent film, with sounds effects and a recorded musical score composed by Chaplin himself.