Limelight
Limelight
Release: 1952-10-16
·Runtime: 137m
·★ 7.9
Romance
Drama
Music
A fading music hall comedian tries to help a despondent ballet dancer learn to walk and to again feel confident about life.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Celebrated Productions
United Artists
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Marjorie Bennett
as Mrs. Sybil Alsop
Geraldine Chaplin
as Little Girl on Steps (uncredited)
Charlie Hall
as Newsboy (uncredited)
Jimmie Horan
as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Jack Perry
as Stagehand (uncredited)
Claire Bloom
as Thereza 'Terry' Ambrose
Michael Chaplin
as Child on Steps (uncredited)
Frank Hagney
as Extra in Dress Circle (uncredited)
Cap Somers
as Music Hall Patron (uncredited)
Stuart Holmes
as Dinner Guest (uncredited)
Judy Landon
as Extra in Dress Circle (uncredited)
Charlie Chaplin
as Calvero
Nigel Bruce
as Postant
Charles Chaplin, Jr.
as Clown (uncredited)
Colin Kenny
as Music Hall Performer (uncredited)
Loyal Underwood
as Street Musician
Harry Crocker
as Music Hall Patron (uncredited)
Sherry Moreland
as Extra in Dress Circle (uncredited)
George Nardelli
as Empire Theatre Patron (uncredited)
Milicent Patrick
as Extra in Dress Circle (uncredited)
Norman Lloyd
as Bodalink
Wheeler Dryden
as Thereza's Doctor
Sydney Chaplin
as Neville
Oona O'Neill Chaplin
as Extra (uncredited)
Dorothy Ford
as Patrician Lady in Dress Circle (uncredited)
Edna Purviance
as Mrs. Parker (uncredited)
Florence Wix
as Reception Guest (uncredited)
Harry 'Snub' Pollard
as Street Musician
Tim Durant
as Music Hall Patron (uncredited)
Melissa Hayden
as Dancer - Columbine
Andre Eglevsky
as Dancer - Harlequin
Barry Bernard
as John Redfern
Billy Lee
as Little Boy (uncredited)
Frank Mills
as Man in Music Hall Audience (uncredited)
Charley Rogers
as Man in Saloon (uncredited)
Buster Keaton
as Calvero's Partner
Leonard Mudie
as Dr. Blake - Calvero's Doctor
Josephine Chaplin
as Child on Steps (uncredited)
Billy Curtis
as Midget in Agent's Office (uncredited)
Cyril Delevanti
as Griffin - Clown Outside Stage Door (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp
as Pub Extra (uncredited)
Harold Miller
as Dinner Guest (uncredited)
Crew
Charlie Chaplin
Original Music Composer, Producer, Screenplay, Director, Original Story, Choreographer
Melissa Hayden
Choreographer
Eugène Lourié
Art Direction
Karl Struss
Director of Photography
Robert Aldrich
Assistant Director
Andre Eglevsky
Choreographer
Oona O'Neill Chaplin
Stand In
Wheeler Dryden
Production Assistant
Harry Crocker
Unit Publicist