Menasha Public Library (Elisha D. Smith)

City lights, Janus Films ; mk2 diffusion ; written and directed by Charles Chaplin ; produced by Charles Chaplin

Originally released as a motion picture in 1931Container and disc state time as 86 minutesSpecial features: Commentary (audio commentary features Chaplin biographer Jeffrey Vance); Chaplin today: "City lights" (27 min. documentary from 2003, directed by Serge Bromberg, examines the film as a high point of Chaplin's artistry and features observations by film producer and Aardman Animations cofounder Peter Lord); Chaplin Studios: creative freedom by design (visual effects expert Craig Barron takes a look at the set designs created by Charlie Chaplin and his team of artists and technicians); From the set of City lights: The tramp meets the flower girl (8 min. of footage captured by Chaplin's friend Ralph Barton, presented with audio commentary by Chaplin historian Hooman Mehran), Stick stuck in the grate (7 min. outtake shows a comic routine originally intended to be included in the film), Window-shopping rehearsal (2 min. outtake), The duke (costume test for an unfilmed sequence); Chaplin the boxer: The champion (10 min. excerpt from the short film The Champion, directed by Charlie Chaplin in 1915 for the Essanay Film Manufacturing Company), Boxing stars visit the studio (footage captured at the Chaplin Studios in 1918, Charlie Chaplin is seen with British bantamweight boxer Harry Mansell and assistant director Chuck Reisner, and with American lightweight boxer Benny Leonard); Trailers. Booklet features an essay by critic Gary Giddins and a 1966 interview with Chaplin

Midwest Tape

black and white

monaural

Photographers, Rollie Totheroh, Gordon Pollock ; settings, Charles D. Hall ; music composed by Charles Chaplin ; musical arrangement by Arthur Johnston ; musical direction by Alfred Newman ; "La violetera" by Jose Padilla ; editors, Charles Chaplin, Willard Nico

other

DVD special edition.

9781681431291

videodisc

Charlie Chaplin, Virginia Cherrill, Florence Lee, Harry Myers, Allan Garcia, Hank Mann

1 videodisc (86 min.), sound, black and white, 4 3/4 in. +, 1 booklet (40 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm)

sound on medium

videodisc

(OCoLC)937858422

DVD; NTSC, region 1; monaural; Dolgy digital; 1.19:1 aspect ratio

715515172615

CC2602DDVD -- The Criterion CollectionCC2602D -- The Criterion Collection -- (container)

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