A pictorial history of the movies (1943)

Record Details:

Title:
A pictorial history of the movies
Date:
1943
Publisher:
New York : Simon and Schuster
Volume:
A pictorial history of the movies
Leaf #:
000259
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 28, 2024
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CITY LIGHTS (1931) 245 In 1931 Chaplin released his first picture since The Circus. Naturally, there was much speculation about whether he would talk, now that sound was here to stay. But the great master of pantomime was in no hurry to alter the technique that had made him world-famous. The long-awaited picture was City Lights, and the actors, including Chaplin, did not speak. There was music on the sound track, however. The story concerned a derelict who falls in love with a blind flower girl and goes through a series of silly and pathetic adventures to raise the money for the girl's rent and for an operation to restore her sight. Virginia Cherrill, shown here with Chaplin, played the flower girl. ABOVE BIGHT Some of the most diverting moments in the picture were supplied by Chaplin and Harry Myers, the latter playing a man about town who is Charlie's bosom friend when drunk but refuses to recognize him in his sober moments. BELOW Under Wesley Ruggles' direction, RKO made a spectacular and genuinely impressive picture out of Edna Ferber's novel of the Oklahoma land rush, Cimarron. This scene shows the homesteaders lined up for the starting signal. In the foreground are Richard Dix and Irene Dunne.