Chaplin Today: City Lights

26m
Documentary
6.7

In 1928, as the talkies threw the film industry and film language into turmoil, Chaplin decided that his Tramp character would not be heard. City Lights would not be a talking picture, but it would have a soundtrack. Chaplin personally composed a musical score and sound effects for the picture. With Peter Lord, the famous co-creator of Chicken Run and Wallace & Gromit, we see how Chaplin became the king of slapstick comedy and the superstar of the movies.

Cast

Charlie Chaplin
Self (archive footage)
Peter Lord
Self

Crew

Serge Bromberg
Director
Serge Toubiana
Editor
Marie-Laure Lesage
Executive Producer
Martine Saada
Executive Producer
Léon Rousseau
Sound Mixer
Will Norie
Sound
José Padilla
Original Music Composer
Nicole Pham
Production Manager

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