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Cast
- Charlie ChaplinTramp
- Virginia CherrillA Blind Girl
- Harry MyersAn Eccentric Millionaire
- Al Ernest GarciaThe Millionaire's Butler James
- Hank MannA Prizefighter
- Albert AustinStreet Sweeper / Burglar (uncredited)
- Eddie BakerBoxing Fight Referee (uncredited)
- Henry BergmanMayor / Blind Girl's Downstairs Neighbor (uncredited)
- Buster BrodieBald Party Guest (uncredited)
- Jeanne CarpenterExtra in Restaurant Scene (uncredited)
- 100
The Dissolve
There’s dignity and folly to The Tramp in City Lights, and everything in between. - 100
Chicago Sun-Times
If only one of Charles Chaplin's films could be preserved, “City Lights” (1931) would come the closest to representing all the different notes of his genius. It contains the slapstick, the pathos, the pantomime, the effortless physical coordination, the melodrama, the bawdiness, the grace, and, of course, the Little Tramp--the character said, at one time, to be the most famous image on earth. - 100
Empire
Both funny and touching, this showcases Chaplin at his best. - 100
ReelViews
Of all Chaplin's films (with the possible exception of Modern Times), City Lights offers the fullest characterization of the Tramp. He's a loner who comes and goes almost like a dream figure or a drunken angel. Without family, friends, or a place to live, he stands outside of our reality, sometimes trying to fit in and sometimes not caring whether or not he does. Yet, like a child, he is a complete innocent with a pure heart and the best motives. - 100
New York Daily News
We're exhausted because we laughed so much and so heartily at City Lights that we feel considerably weakened. Here's praying that we fast regain our strength so that we may journey to the George M. Cohan theatre to see Charlie again - and again - in this new heart-breaking masterpiece of comedy which he offers pantomimically to a worldful of movie-goers...City Lights is excruciatingly funny and terribly, terribly sad. It makes you chuckle hysterically. You have the greatest time imaginable, and yet, occasionally you find little hurty lumps in your throat. - 100
The New York Times
It was a joyous evening. Mr. Chaplin's shadow has grown no less. - 100
Los Angeles Times
Its last few moments are among the most brilliant (and risky) endings in film history. - 100
Chicago Reader
A beautiful example of Chaplin's ability to turn narrative fragments into emotional wholes. The two halves of the film are sentiment and slapstick. They are not blended but woven into a pattern as eccentric as it is sublime.