Popcorn and Inspiration: 1952’s ‘Limelight’: Charlie Chaplin’s Incandescent Humanity Shines Through

Chaplin’s last American film, a love letter to his art and his audience

UR | 2h 17min | Drama, Comedy | 1952

In “City Lights” (1931), Charlie Chaplin’s Tramp dotes on a blind flower girl. Circumstances separate them just as he secures money for an operation that restores her sight. Finally, they’re happily reunited as she recognizes her benefactor who, until then, was “invisible” to her.