In 1949, film critic James Agee called the final scene of City Lights ”the greatest single piece of acting ever committed to celluloid.”
City Lights (1931)
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In 1949, film critic James Agee called the final scene of City Lights ”the greatest single piece of acting ever committed to celluloid.”
City Lights (1931)
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“I never thought of the Tramp in terms of appeal. He was myself, a comic spirit, something within me that said I must express this. I felt so free. The adventure of it. The madness. I can do any mad, crazy thing I like. And then?—did it come off, this insane idea I had, did it come off? That was the thrill.”
Charles Chaplin
April 16, 1889 — December 25, 1977
February 5, 1919 — Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks, and D.W. Griffith join forces to create United Artists.