Celluloid : the film to-day (1931)

Record Details:

Title:
Celluloid : the film to-day
Date:
1931
Publisher:
London : Longmans, Green and Co.
Volume:
Celluloid : the film to-day
Leaf #:
000123
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
March 21, 2024
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CITY LIGHTS Written, Directed and Produced by Charles Chaplin {Released by United Artists Corporation, Los Angeles, U.S.A., 1928-31) During the thirty odd years for which the cinema has existed as a medium of expression, no other film has received such advance publicity as that accorded City Lights. No film has ever been more eagerly awaited by the general public, the small-witted intelligentsia and the film trade itself. Fanned to a pitch of semi-hysterical anticipation by the Press, the cinemagoing public was prepared to find in Chaplin's new comedy a masterpiece of humour, eclipsing the brilliance of both The Circus and The Gold Rush. And, moreover, certain among this public expected a promised relief from the unceasing dialogue of the talking film. For Chaplin's unwavering adherence to the film without speech but with a synchronized musical accompaniment had for three years been the subject of discussion and the butt for hostile criticism. When the tidal wave of dialogue swept through first the American and then the European studios, there was a considerable amount of speculation as to whether 85