With the aid of a wealthy erratic tippler, a dewy-eyed tramp who has fallen in love with a sightless flower girl accumulates money to be able to help her medically.


Vintage magazines

Photoplay , September 1928
Photoplay , January 1929
Photoplay , January 1929

Photoplay , April 1929
Filmwelt 45, 9. November 1930
Photoplay , May 1930

Photoplay , May 1930
Photoplay , May 1930
Photoplay , January 1931

Photoplay , March 1931

Books on City Lights

Charles J. Maland
City Lights
London, 2007

Gerard Molyneaux
Charles Chaplin's City lights, its production and dialectical structure
New York, 1983

Books with substantial mentioning of City Lights

William M. Drew
The last silent picture show, Silent films on American screens in the 1930s
Lanham, 2010

David Thomson
Have you seen?, A personal introduction to 1,000 films
New York, 2008

Brian J. Robb
Silent cinema
Harpenden, Herts, 2007

Frederick V. Romano
The Boxing Filmography, American Features, 1920-2003
Jefferson, North Carolina and London, 2004

Roger Ebert
The Great Movies
2003

Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast (eds.)
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 1. Films
Detroit/New York/San Francisco/London/Boston/Woodbridge, CT, 2000

Kathryn Bernheimer
The 50 Funniest Movies of All Time, A Critic's Ranking
Secaucus, NJ, 1999

Robert K. Klepper
Silent Films, 1877-1996, A Critical Guide to 646 Movies
Jefferson, North Carolina and London, 1999

Danny Peary
Alternate Oscars, One Critic's Defiant Choices for Best Picture, Actor, and Actress - From 1927 to the Present
New York, 1993

Neil Sinyard
Classic Movies
London, 1993

Stanley Hochman (editor)
From Quasimodo to Scarlett O'Hara, A National Board of Review Anthology 1920 - 1940
New York, 1982

David Zinman
50 Classic Motion Pictures, The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of
New York, 1970

Gerald D. McDonald, Michael Conway and Mark Ricci (editors)
The Films of Charlie Chaplin
New York, 1965

Books with an entry on City Lights

Robert B. Connelly
The Motion Picture Guide, Silent Film 1910-1936
Chicago, 1986

Articles with substantial mentioning of City Lights

Olly Richards, The Top 10 Romantic Gestures, in: Empire, nr. 245 (November), 2009 pp. 184-185


Year: 1931
Country: United States
Language: English
 
IMDb: 0021749