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| United Artists | Release Date: October 23, 1952 |
Starring:
Andre Eglevsky, Buster Keaton, Charles Chaplin, Claire Bloom, Marjorie Bennett, Melissa Hayden, Nigel Bruce, Norman Lloyd, Sydney Chaplin, Wheeler Dryden
Summary:
A fading comedian and a suicidally despondent ballet dancer must look to each other to find purpose and hope in their lives.
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It's a verbose, technically creaky work, both sentimental and self-indulgent, and never very funny except for a brilliant scene with Chaplin and Buster Keaton as a disaster-prone musical duo. However, there are sublime, deeply affecting moments and for those who think Chaplin one of the key figures of 20th-century popular culture, it is a crucial movie.
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Chaplin's sentimental and high-minded view of theatre and himself.
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