City Lights (1931)

G02/06/1931Comedy, Drama, Romance1h 27m
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True Blind Love

Overview

A tramp falls in love with a beautiful blind flower girl. His on-and-off friendship with a wealthy man allows him to be the girl's benefactor and suitor.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Charlie Chaplin

    A Tramp

  2. Cast 1

    Virginia Cherrill

    A Blind Girl

  3. Cast 1

    Florence Lee

    Her Grandmother

  4. Cast 1

    Harry Myers

    An Eccentric Millionaire

  5. Cast 1

    Al Ernest Garcia

    His Butler

  6. Cast 1

    Hank Mann

    A Prizefighter

  7. Cast 1

    Albert Austin

    Street Sweeper / Burglar (uncredited)

  8. Eddie Baker

    Boxing Fight Referee (uncredited)

  9. Cast 1

    Henry Bergman

    Mayor / Blind Girl's Downstairs Neighbor (uncredited)

Virginia Cherrill charmingly plays a young, blind, flower seller whom the tramp (Charlie Chaplin) falls for, hook line and sinker. Later that night, he is crossing a bridge when he encounters a suicidal, dipso, millionaire (Harry Myers) whom he convinces to hang about for a while longer, and who by way of appreciation invites him to a party at his mansion, then to a series of evening entertainments. Thing is, when he wakes up with the mother of all hangovers next morning, though, he has never a clue who the tramp is and so gets his butler to send him packing. Meantime, still determined to help...