Review of City Lights (1931) by Sid Silverman for Variety — 24 May 1944
It’s not Chaplin’s best picture, because the comedian has sacrificed speed to pathos, and plenty of it. This is principally the reason for the picture running some 1,500 or more feet beyond any previous film released by him.
But the British comic is still the consummate pantomimist, unquestionably one of the greatest the stage or screen has ever known. Certain sequences in “City Lights” are hilarious.
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This review of City Lights (1931) was written by Sid Silverman and published by Variety on 24 May 1944.
City Lights has generally received very positive reviews.
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