Charlie Chaplin was 63 years old when he made "Limelight," and most people (including him) expected it would be his last film. Thematically, it certainly seems designed to serve as the great silent filmmaker's swan song. It's about a once-beloved tramp comedian whose audience has forgotten about him -- not too different from the real Chaplin -- who falls in love with a much younger dancer. Chaplin was infamous for his affairs, and marriages, to women decades younger than himself.
Limelight (1952)
Limelight (1952)
Limelight (1952)
Charlie Chaplin was 63 years old when he made "Limelight," and most people (including him) expected it would be his last film. Thematically, it certainly seems designed to serve as the great silent filmmaker's swan song. It's about a once-beloved tramp comedian whose audience has forgotten about him -- not too different from the real Chaplin -- who falls in love with a much younger dancer. Chaplin was infamous for his affairs, and marriages, to women decades younger than himself.