City Lights
Register:
Friday, Dec 29, 2023
2 p.m.
Friday, Dec 29, 2023
5 p.m.
| Free with general admission |
*General museum admission is FREE for residents of Macomb, Oakland and Wayne counties.
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
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