1952 film Limelight

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comedy-drama film film

The 1952 film "Limelight" is a comedy-drama written, directed by, and starring Charlie Chaplin, focusing on an aging clown who mentors a young ballerina in London.

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1952 film Limelight canonical 2
"Limelight" 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf comedy-drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
awardYear 1973 ⓘ
basedOn Charlie Chaplin’s novel "Footlights" ⓘ
cinematography Karl Struss ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Charlie Chaplin ⓘ
distributor United Artists ⓘ
editedBy Joe Inge ⓘ
featuresCameo Buster Keaton ⓘ
featuresCharacter Calvero ⓘ
Terry ⓘ
filmColor black-and-white ⓘ
filmingLocation Los Angeles ⓘ
genre comedy film ⓘ
comedy-drama ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
hasAward Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score
hasMusicTheme "Terry’s Theme" ⓘ
locatedInUniverse theatre world of Edwardian London ⓘ
musicBy Charlie Chaplin ⓘ
narrativeFocus aging clown ⓘ
young ballerina ⓘ
notableFor on-screen collaboration of Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
producer Charlie Chaplin ⓘ
productionCompany Celebrated Productions ⓘ
releaseDate 1952-10-16 ⓘ
releaseYear 1952 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 137 ⓘ
screenwriter Charlie Chaplin ⓘ
setInLocation London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
setInPeriod 1914 ⓘ
starring Buster Keaton ⓘ
Charlie Chaplin ⓘ
Claire Bloom ⓘ
Marjorie Bennett NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nigel Bruce ⓘ
Norman Lloyd ⓘ
Sydney Chaplin (son of Charlie Chaplin) ⓘ
surface form: Sydney Chaplin

Wheeler Dryden ⓘ
theme aging ⓘ
artistic failure ⓘ
mentorship ⓘ
redemption ⓘ
suicide and despair ⓘ
writer Charlie Chaplin ⓘ

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Ursula in "Limelight" → presentInWork → 1952 film Limelight ⓘ
subject surface form: Ursula
Charlie Chaplin’s novel "Footlights" → basisOf → 1952 film Limelight ⓘ
subject surface form: Footlights
Joe Inge → worksOn → 1952 film Limelight ⓘ
this entity surface form: "Limelight"