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LIMELIGHT IS A sad, very sad movie. Sad in miniscule degree because it tries to tell an unhappy story, but sad mainly because Chaplin's former greatness winks from behind the bathos just often enough to let us recognize an artist trapped by his own sentiment. The film would be easier to dismiss had a lesser man made it, but Chaplin, twenty years past his prime, keeps reminding us of his earlier films--not of the Little Tramp he used to play but of the range of emotion his skilled movements could bring forth and of the warmth...
...Chaplin directed Limelight, wrote the script and wrote the music, as he did for all his films. Soon after its release, in 1952, the American Legion and Howard Hughes fought to have Limelight, removed from the theaters: Chaplin, they argued, was un American. Only a few theaters actually cancelled the film, but it has rarely been shown since its initial release...
...Charlie Chaplin studios in Hollywood, Willwerth found Lou Adler, whose Ode Records is one of the most successful small recording companies. Midway through the interview, Adler excused himself, then dashed downstairs to join a basketball game between two bands, Chicago v. Cheech and Chong. Traveling on to San Francisco, Willwerth talked to Rock Impresario Bill Graham about his difficulties in starting a new record company, then accompanied a local record promoter on a tour of Bay Area radio stations. In Nashville the following week, the correspondent sat in on a recording session by Folk Artist Eric Andersen...
HARKNESS COMMONS. The Gold Rush with Charlie Chaplin...
...Gold Rush. Perhaps no other film is so lighthearted and yet so moving. Charlie Chaplin's story of a lone prospector during the Alaska gold rush is based on pantomime of amazing finesse: Chaplin's direction exemplifies flawless subordination of camera and technique to the subject's subtleties. Many of Chaplin's most famous scenes are found here: the dance of the rolls. Big Jim McKay thinking Chaplin a chicken. Chaplin's delight at the smile Georgia meant for another man. Every scene, even every slapstick gag, contributes to the film as a whole--that's one reason Chaplin stands...