Limelight 1952 Watch Free in HD

Depressed over her failed dance career, Terry (Claire Bloom) attempts suicide, only to be rescued by Calvero (Charles Chaplin), an impoverished, once-famous stage clown. Together they must look to each other to find meaning and hope in their lives.

Genre:

Musical, Drama

Actors:

Charles Chaplin, Claire Bloom, Nigel Bruce, Buster Keaton, Sydney Chaplin, Norman Lloyd, Andre Eglevsky, Melissa Hayden, Marjorie Bennett, Wheeler Dryden, Barry Bernard, ...»

Director:

Charles Chaplin

Country:

United States

Release:

1952

IMDb:

8.0

Quality:

Duration:

137 min

Variety

Departing from most forms of Hollywood stereotype, the film has a flavor all its own in the sincere quality of the story anent the onetime great vaudemime and his rescue of a femme ballet student.

March 26, 2009

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Empire Magazine

Elements of self parody from the master of slapstick leave you yearning for the early work that made his name. But it's worth a watch to see Chaplin and Keaton in one of few on-screen appearances together.

March 09, 2011

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Film Inquiry

With Limelight, for one last, brief moment, it's like old times even as the new age begins and Chaplin relinquishes his crown to the younger generations.

April 11, 2017

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TIME Magazine

Intended as a tragicomedy, if not a tearjerker, it is a two-thirds bore that comes to life in the last half-hour or so, when the old-master clown stops trying to be pathetic and reverts to his inimitable proper stuff.

August 08, 2011

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TV Guide

Chaplin, as usual, is the whole show, superb in this swansong statement about his own career and the old-style entertainment he best represented.

August 08, 2011

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Chicago Reader

Charles Chaplin's 1952 film is overlong, visually flat, episodically constructed, and a masterpiece.

January 01, 2000

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Under the Radar

Some have also accused Limelight of being too sentimental, but we'd argue that's part of its charm.

May 21, 2015

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New York Times

Neither comedy nor tragedy altogether, it is a brilliant weaving of comic and tragic strands, eloquent, tearful and beguiling with supreme virtuosity.

March 25, 2006

Time Out

Few cinema artists have delved into their own lives and emotions with such ruthlessness and with such moving results.

February 09, 2006

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Lawrence.com

It was Chaplin's last great film, and it showcases not just a love for the performing arts (she's a ballerina, he's a vaudevillian), but also Chaplin's effortless sentimentality.

June 13, 2015

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Chicago Sun-Times

What comes through most clearly in Limelight, however, is that Chaplin had come to terms with his life.

August 08, 2011

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