An ageing, once famous music hall comedian (Charles Chaplin) saves a young dancer (Claire Bloom) from suicide, restores her self-confidence as he nurses her back to health and finally makes a successful ballerina out of her.


Books with substantial mentioning of Limelight

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

Jürgen Müller (ed.)
Movies of the 50s
Köln, London, Los Angeles, Madrid, Paris, Tokyo, 2005

Jim Kline
The Complete Films of Buster Keaton
Secaucus, N.J., 1993

Jerry Epstein
Remembering Charlie, A Pictorial Biography
New York-London-Toronto-Sydney-Auckland, 1989

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

Books with an entry on Limelight

Alan G. Fetrow
Feature Films, 1950 - 1959, a United States Filmography
Jefferson, NC, 1999

Reviews

Simon Braund, Limelight, in: Empire, nr. 262 (April), 2011 pp. 151 (DVD review)