Charlie Chaplin

Claire Bloom

Nigel Bruce

Buster Keaton

Sydney Chaplin

Norman Lloyd

Andre Eglevsky

Melissa Hayden

Marjorie Bennett

Wheeler Dryden

Barry Bernard

Stapleton Kent

Molly Glessing

Leonard Mudie

Loyal Underwood

Harry 'Snub' Pollard

Julian Ludwig

Billy Lee Aimone

John Alban

Benjie Bancroft

John Barton

Ray Beltram

Paul Bradley

James Carlisle

Charles Chaplin, Jr.

Geraldine Chaplin

Josephine Chaplin

Michael Chaplin

Oona O'Neill Chaplin

Bud Cokes

Harry Crocker

Oliver Cross

Billy Curtis

Jack Deery

Cyril Delevanti

Tim Durant

Tom Ferrandini

Dorothy Ford

Curt Furberg

Rudy Germane

Marion Gray

Frank Hagney

Charlie Hall

Stuart Hall

Sam Harris

Stuart Holmes

Jimmie Horan

Kenner G. Kemp

Colin Kenny

Judy Landon

Perk Lazelle

Billy Lee

Maurice Marks

Harold Miller

Frank Mills

Sherry Moreland

George Nardelli

Milicent Patrick

Jack Perry

José Portugal

Edna Purviance

Paul Ravel

Charley Rogers

Victor Romito

Elizabeth Root

Cap Somers

Gus Taillon

Valerie Vernon

Eric Wilton

Florence Wix

Joe Inge

Eugène Lourié

Karl Struss

Frank Testera

Edward Phillips

Florence Avery

Robert Aldrich

Dick Johnson

Ted Tetrick

Lonnie D'Orsa

W. Eugene Smith

Elmer Ellsworth

Wallace Chewning

Larry Russell

Hugh McDowell Jr.

Keith Williams

Russell Garcia

Jack Verne

Dorothea Holt

Roland Totheroh

Ray Rasch

Monroe P. Askins

George Hommel

Harold E. McGhan

Hal Court

Drew Tetrick

Riley Thorne

Jerome Epstein

Kathleen Pryor

Alfred Lewin

Lisl Valetti

Ted Larsen

Romance

Drama

Music

Limelight

Celebrated Productions

United Artists

United States of America

Chaplin's masterpiece about the bittersweet romance between an aging, washed-up comedienne and the suicidal ballet dancer he rescues and takes under his wing is one of the greatest dramas I have ever seen.  It's a marvelous turn by Chaplin, who also directed, wrote the story and composed the score.  Claire Bloom is simply wonderful as Chaplin's despondent lover.  Also notable is the singular teaming of the two Silent Era greats, Chaplin and Buster Keaton, who appears late in the film.  The striking backstage story just gets better and better as it goes on, and every moment of the film is utterly worth it.  When it comes to its heartbreaking crescendo of love, comedy, drama and one last give-it-your-all chance to shine in the spotlight, only the dourest of viewers could fail to shed a tear.