City Lights
Ticket Details
Residents of Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb counties receive free general museum admission
Additional Dates
Detroit Film Theatre
Follow the signs for the Theater Entrance from the parking lot.
USA/1931 | Dir. Charles Chaplin
Releasing a silent film years after the introduction of sound was an astonishing risk for Chaplin, yet City Lights is anything but old-fashioned. A poor tramp (Chaplin) encounters a blind flower-seller (Virginia Cherrill) on a busy city street.
She believes he’s wealthy, and rather than disillusion her, he vows to keep his status a secret, and somehow find enough money to pay for the operation that will restore her sight. His comic genius is at its height in legendary sequences, but the final moments are what it’s all about.
Admission is free; our holiday gift to you. (86 min.)
“Magical… comes closest to representing all the different notes of Chaplin’s genius.” —Roger Ebert, The Great Movies
City Lights
Ticket Details
Additional Dates
Detroit Film Theatre
Follow the signs for the Theater Entrance from the parking lot.
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