Limelight
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Limelight is a 1952 drama film written, directed by, and starring Charlie Chaplin, in which he portrays a faded music-hall comedian who befriends and mentors a young ballerina.
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| Limelight (1952 film) | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
drama film
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feature film ⓘ film ⓘ |
| award |
Academy Award for Best Original Score
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surface form:
Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score
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| awardYear | 1973 Academy Awards ⓘ |
| basedOn | Charlie Chaplin’s novel "Footlights" ⓘ |
| censorshipStatus | was effectively banned in some parts of the United States during the 1950s due to Charlie Chaplin’s political controversies ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Karl Struss ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Charlie Chaplin ⓘ |
| distributedBy | United Artists ⓘ |
| editedBy | Joe Inge ⓘ |
| filmFormat | black-and-white ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy-drama film
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drama film ⓘ |
| hasFilmPosterDesigner | Unknown ⓘ |
| hasIMDBId | tt0044837 ⓘ |
| laterRecognition | widely regarded as one of Charlie Chaplin’s late masterpieces ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Calvero
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Terrence ⓘ
surface form:
Terry
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| musicBy | Charlie Chaplin ⓘ |
| notableFor | pairing Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton on screen ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A faded music-hall comedian befriends and mentors a young ballerina. ⓘ |
| portraysCharacter |
Charlie Chaplin
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surface form:
Charlie Chaplin as Calvero
Claire Bloom as Terry ⓘ |
| producer | Charlie Chaplin ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Celebrated Productions ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1952 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 137 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Charlie Chaplin ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | 1914 ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| starring |
Buster Keaton
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Charlie Chaplin ⓘ Claire Bloom ⓘ Nigel Bruce ⓘ Norman Lloyd ⓘ Sydney Chaplin (son of Charlie Chaplin) ⓘ
surface form:
Sydney Chaplin
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| theme |
aging
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artistic failure ⓘ mentorship ⓘ redemption ⓘ suicide and despair ⓘ |
| title | Limelight self-link ⓘ |
| writer | Charlie Chaplin ⓘ |
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