Wondetful artist. Unfortunately there are not artists so great as him any more. Romance, melancholy, passion, subtle feelings of true love reaching the terms of self-denial... Truly unforgettable

He was looking for something in this scene. It took too many scenes to find it. It is magical to see him this way, anxious, thinking, and frustrated and deeply involved.

Can you see now .. there's no such great actor as Sir Charlie Chaplin

the master at work, working his magic. i love him. would give anything to be able to go back in time and be part of his movies, but i'd prob be a nervous wreck too !

I love the faces he makes at the camera, that was so cute :)

His face itself is an art ! 1:47

Oh, how I LOVE, love, love Charlie's mugging for the camera at around 1:45 - that's got to be one of the cutest things I've ever seen him do! Wish I could go back just over 80 years ago and to have him doing this right in front of me at the time and to see those lovely blue eyes of his! I'd faint. LOL *Sigh* I was born WAY too late! Thanks for posting this!!

You wonder, sometimes, why such an artist and a great person had to die.

Such a rare video clip.I think Charlie Chaplin's a perfectionist.

@lisab8334

3 жыл бұрын

Yes. He literally was.

@josetorti2629

2 жыл бұрын

Ce n est pas un clip ..

I am 58 and when I was growing up in the 60's I used to watch the old films and was aware of the stars going back to the Keystone Cops, Laurel & Hardy, Keaton, Lloyd and of course Chaplin. The problem today, and I speak to them at work, is that young people think the film industry started in 1995!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is tragic indeed.

@foxface04

5 жыл бұрын

How did the media react when chaplin died. Pretty sure the US didnt care about him that time bc of the communist allegations against him. I heard when they gave chaplin the oscar he was only allowed not more than a month lol. Such hypocrisy

@CinemaoftheMind

5 жыл бұрын

Lost Boy The United States have never been all that United much less homogeneous on anything let alone who’s celebrity to celebrate or passing to mourn. But I can tell you that Chaplin was given his due as both an industry pioneer and beloved artist. Thanks to coverage of his Oscar honor, his life story was again well known; his autobiography came out in paperback and all through the ’70’s his films were well attended in theaters as well as art houses and on college campuses. Perhaps because of the moral stands he took while achieving so much in my country (not to mention the injustices he suffered here at the hands of “the establishment” ) my somewhat rebellious generation identified and ‘owned’ him more than it might have. Be assured he was very much cared for.

@foxface04

5 жыл бұрын

@@CinemaoftheMind i just didnt like the fact that they didnt allow chaplin to stay more than 1 month or spend his remaining life there after all it was where everything started for him. Chaplin was the biggest international figure in his time making sound around the world im not even an american i am in south asia but i knew him well bc my mother would tell me that chaplin was my grandfathers favorite actor. Its just crazy thinking ab it politics is crazy

@harlow743

4 жыл бұрын

There only about 100 years off

@danaiahbacon9059

4 жыл бұрын

I'm 14 and I know that film industry was way before 1995

I wish we could hear Chaplin give directions to other actors in this clip.

Beautiful music accompanying the tremendous passion he had for film making.

@shopdukan8170

5 жыл бұрын

Annem.hello.g.hy.kesi.ho

@wishline3795

3 жыл бұрын

Are you still alive

... it seems like my favorite romantic duos in the movies were actors that didn't get along all that well ... Always loved Charlie working with the actress, Virginia Cherrill, that played the blind girl in 'City Lights' ...

Yeah, it wasn't so much indecisiveness as it was writer's/director's block. He could have done this film with sound and that would have simplified the whole situation. But Chaplin wanted it to be silent, so he had to figure out how to get the blind girl to think the Tramp was rich visually. A year went by before he did figure it out by using the car. Virginia Cherryl (blind girl) said that Chaplin would simply retake shots when he didn't know what to do, in hopes of something clicking.

@alaskaaksala123

2 жыл бұрын

Movies with sound were only barely in existence at that time..even two years later 80 percent of movies were still silent

That's The only movie Who make me cry. I cry When He Say "You can See now".

@annapaulinamedinacastillo6160

5 жыл бұрын

Same dude

@venkateshareddypm6341

4 жыл бұрын

I too wept 50 years back, without my notice. Great actor.

@predragpetronijevic9385

3 жыл бұрын

So do I. I cried as a child. Now I am 59 and I still cry when I see this scene. Chaplin is the greatest genius of all time.

@jeanbaumgartner4052

10 ай бұрын

​@@predragpetronijevic9385YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT ABOUT CHARLIE CHAPLIN!😢

@avinghosh

3 ай бұрын

…. and I cry at the single profound word “You?”

Missed Charlie Chaplin..

SO MUCH work, he was probably going mad from obsessing over that one scene! But boy, did it pay off!

And his music...so beautiful!

@jeanbaumgartner4052

10 ай бұрын

YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT 😂😅😊❤😮

From what I have read, Mr. Chaplin took many takes of scenes before being satisfied. He would tell the actors exactly what he wanted them to do before the shot.

@llucasn

Жыл бұрын

It's right. He also was known as a tyrant and very mean on the set. Perfectionist 'till the bones. But a big artist, this no one can deny.

@scottmoore1614

11 ай бұрын

A true artist and a total perfectionist. But, this was his film, his studio and he was spending his own money. He could take as much time and do as many takes as he wanted to. It must have been quite difficult on his film sets at times. Showing the actors exactly what he wanted and then expecting them to mimic him perfectly. Today, with computer technology, he could play all the parts. I think that’s what he secretly wanted anyway. I imagine those poor supporting players were nervous wrecks, especially after having to do take after take.

After all these many takes…he apparently fired this leading lady (cannot remember her name) and cast another, thinking she might be the problem. She wasn’t and he brought her back. A reporter wrote about his creative process and that in a real sense “Chaplin didn’t know what he was doing”. What would have been a great insult to anyone else was in fact the source of his genius; Charlie literally wrote stories by filming them.

i have his autobiography book, what a wonderful man

Images rares de Charlie Chaplin Merci pour ce partage 👍👍👍

These clips of insight into Chaplin are like grains of gold. Thanks for the look.

Gold. love seeing him been creative and directing.

You're right, partly... haha. But Chaplin filmed part of the film with Cherrill, but he got very frustrated with her and eventually fired her. Mainly because she wanted to get off for a hair appointment then returned late. He was going to then use Georgia Hale, but the cost was way too much so he was forced to rehire Cherrill. =)

Meu artista predileto! ele é perfeito!

I miss Charlie Chaplin. .

OMFG OMFG!! My favorite movie EVER and I never seen this!!! THANK YOOOU for posting this!

@jeanbaumgartner4052

10 ай бұрын

The Same Here 🌹😊

Incredible.. amazing Thank you for sharing this document really thank you !

It's a great book! I've read it 6x and it just gets better and better =)

Legendary

Genial Charles Chaplin

So interesting and beautiful!

Honoured to see magician at work.

@jeanbaumgartner4052

10 ай бұрын

The Same Here About Charlie Chaplin Is A MAGICIAN AT WORK!😮🎥🎞📽🎬

❤ ALASBUENAS Otia Tal vez sea esta una de las películas que más ➕ me ha llegado APASALOBIEN TÔS

Genius at work

Brilliant movie

Wow I had no idea there was this much behind the scenes footage!

Thanks a lot for great movies Charle

@jeanbaumgartner4052

10 ай бұрын

Thanks Alot For The Great MOVIES 🎥 Charlie Chaplin!

I love the music in the end

@johnmorrison9758

5 жыл бұрын

all written by Charlie Chaplin. The music at the end was the theme from Limelight. One of his later movies.

City Lights is his best creation.

@jeanbaumgartner4052

10 ай бұрын

YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT 😂😅❤😊😮

I was interested to see that Chaplin was still using hand cranked cameras as late as 1930. Motor driven cameras had been available for some years by this time.

This video is such a gem. Thanks for uploading!

History. I love it. When will he re born ?

A perfectionist

@jeanbaumgartner4052

10 ай бұрын

ABSOLUTELY RIGHT ABOUT CHARLIE CHAPLIN ❤😊😮😂😅

Watch it in 1.25x, It'll feel much better 👌🏾

Gênio do humor

He really was an attractive Man😜😜i loved his beautiful smile🥰🥰

dear lord give us back charlie chaplin in return will give u rihanna !!!!!!!

@jatinpandya1325

3 жыл бұрын

God: American government has still not apologized for sending him back to his country. When written apology is given , I may think of your request. By the way who is Rihanna ?

ARGHH NO WAY! incredibly amazing. I love P.g

Perfectionist!!

Cool !!! S2 #ChaplinBrasileiro

Love the use of not only pieces from City Lights, but towards the end Limelight 😍

@jeanbaumgartner4052

10 ай бұрын

The Same Here ❤😊

master at work

its too bad that charlie saved so few outtakes and there isnt b-roll from his other films would be a boon to film students

Yeah, and it's a long story. The short version is that for the entire plot of the film to work, the blind girl had to believe that the Tramp was rich. This is the scene where that has to take place. He didn't know how to do it, so he shot the scene on and off for nearly a year before he figured it out. He did something like 342 takes of it. Chaplin was such a perfectionist, he always took a long time, but this is on record as the most takes he's done of one scene. He's obviously frustrated here.

Anyone else pick up the discrepancy in the story line? The eyesight operation was advertised as free but he still spent time to get her the money for the surgery.

@daisynieves1644

5 жыл бұрын

MightyMouse Speedy Maybe the money was to be able to travel to the place where she could have the operation?

@Folma7

5 жыл бұрын

I missed that....and I’ve seen it many, many times.

haha exactly. Virginia was the better girl, she had, as Chaplin put it, "Blind looking eyes without taking away from her beauty." =)

The video was uploaded at 2009!!

Are there more videos like this from different movies?

@1276epr To the best of my knowledge, it was mostly filmed at the Chaplin Studios with a few "on location in LA" scenes as well.

Does anyone else detect hints of influences by other composers like Tchaikovsky and Gershwin in Chaplin's film score?

@jeanbaumgartner4052

10 ай бұрын

I Have!😂😅😮😊❤

Foi quando conseguiu achar como começaria sua historia com a moça sega. Vai pra casa com missão cumprida. Sai CARLITOS e dá entrada CHARLES CHAPLIN calmo. Estive em várias filmagens na Rede Globo. Era cabelereira. Eu amava o que fazia. Mais por estar ali. Eu queria ajudar a por numa fita os sonhos. Por 3 vezes tentei ajudar difícil situação. Me deram crédito e eu estava certa.....ficou muito bom....eu fiz.....

When they were finished filming, he said that he never wanted to work with Virginia Cherril again.

I think the tall man in overalls at 4:41 who looks like he's on the crew is the same tall man who rises up out of the lift in the sidewalk.

How did you find this?

GREAT THANKS*****

...silly me had to watch Charlie's "mugging" again, and OMG... I can almost feel his sexual charisma and charm coming right through the film! It's easy to see why his reputation as a "lady-killer" was so well earned; what normal red-blooded girl could resist THAT? Ok; I'll stop gushing now. ;-)

WOOW

he never compramise

1:57 !! And any particular reason this took so darn long to shoot?

@pompombuuum3182

4 жыл бұрын

Minnie he had no script. He just started with an idea, then repeated the takes until he got another idea. And sometimes the 7. idea was very good, but not working with the story. Then he had to change the story and shoot everything again. And so on. (I hope, you are still alive, after all, it has been 10 years...)

@jeanbaumgartner4052

10 ай бұрын

​@@pompombuuum3182THANKS FOR SHARING THIS INFO WITH US ABOUT CHARLIE CHAPLIN!😮😊

❤

does anyone know where this scene was actually filmed?

@ILUVGOLF

6 жыл бұрын

In the Chaplin studios. It is now the Jim Henson Studios on La brea and Sunset.

@jeanbaumgartner4052

10 ай бұрын

​@@ILUVGOLFTHANKS FOR SHARING THIS INFO WITH US!😊

3:55 Toraichi Kono (高野 虎市) He was the valet and secretary of Charlie Chaplin en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toraichi_Kono

Another problem was the way she was handing out the flower. They didn't get along too well (she never fell for him), and he just had an image in his mind of what a blind girl would look like doing that.

@kerideggs9844

6 жыл бұрын

Jen Sinclair most women did fall for his charm, resulting in his numerous affairs. I probably would've too. Giggling

@elanedosanjosmartins8696

4 жыл бұрын

The role would be from Georgia, he didn't like Virginia's performance, but she didn't have certain crazes that other more experienced actresses had. He decided to stay with her because it had already cost so much money for the recordings, he could not start from scratch again. It was a good choice.

@elanedosanjosmartins8696

4 жыл бұрын

@@kerideggs9844 probably fall in love too... Rsrs

*_1:47_**_ _**_7:36_**_ OMG He's so cute_* 😍🤩

I noticed Mr. Chaplin spent a lot time flirting with Miss Cherrill was only 22 - 23 years old at the time. Chaplin was almost twice her age and was known for (over) acting foolishly around very young women. Also, Chaplin shot way too much footage (almost double) the expected amount budgeted. 342 takes for one scene seems a tad much.

@harlow743

4 жыл бұрын

He was paying all the bills he could do whatever he wanted HE SET THE BUDGET

I don't think even Kubrick dared to have that many takes.

@vincentsartain3061

5 жыл бұрын

Chaplin could do it because he was his own boss and financier.

@jeanbaumgartner4052

10 ай бұрын

​@@vincentsartain3061YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT ABOUT CHARLIE CHAPLIN 😊

wow a treasue

Yes Chaplin WAS a perfectionist.Just wondered why he was so indecisive with this scene .hmm that would be annoying !!!

@shopdukan8170

5 жыл бұрын

Minnie.g.hello

😎✌💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻😅😅😅

NO CLIP ,FILM OUI

cool

@jeanbaumgartner4052

10 ай бұрын

COOL 😎

💌💌💌💌🏆

Awesome =D And mymy Thank you! But you ,too,rock! Ahaha Chaplin et Goddard for everrrr Muahahahaha ;]

@shopdukan8170

5 жыл бұрын

Minnie.hello.hy

A pinoy crew on the set ? Wow.

better of real film

CEGA

Wow it's the book i read?! enjoy ze big read ! :) Ze Goddard for life YAH! X X

Is anyone still alive in this clip?

@wishline3795

3 жыл бұрын

No

@jeanbaumgartner4052

10 ай бұрын

​@@wishline3795NO!😮

'and it says Paulette Goddard :D...i got so excited. ' AWH that is very CUUTEEE! but i get excited when i see her name in books and places too. sheeeeee's the gal ..yup she is. Wow you got a Chaplin book for your bday? It's not called Chaplin And His Times is it? huge book i borrowed from the library. ^_^ What do you mean..? famous people shared that book you have?? :o

@shopdukan8170

5 жыл бұрын

Minnie.hello.g

OK, he was a genius (I really think that) , but, to repeat the scene 342 times? There are two options: the actors were not capable to understand him or he was not capable to explain to them what he wanted in this scene.

@Folma7

5 жыл бұрын

Malik Tintilic I think it was that latter. He was so idolized that he may have given much undo latitude and too little scrutiny. Also did you not the over the top flirting with a very young Miss Cherrill.....while the cameras are rolling.

@harlow743

4 жыл бұрын

@@Folma7 Too little scrutiny ? You guys are all off.....Chaplin had total control the only person he had to answer to was himself....he was THE STUDIO.....he was paying all the bills...

@jeanbaumgartner4052

10 ай бұрын

​@@harlow743YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT ABOUT CHARLIE CHAPLIN!😮

@ChristophTungersleben

3 ай бұрын

It is a central take and he find the true chaplinasque.

I'm reading his Biography. (Not Auto-biography) He was a Monster, in every area of life except the portrayal on screen, I'm very sorry to say. Many successful artists remain wonderful people; opposite for this poor human. I don't excuse his character, or complete lack thereof, for the contribution to the arts. It's depressing that $10,000 per week(actual 1916 salary) at age 26, had zero influence toward a kind, stable or generous man.

@thewkovacs316

2 жыл бұрын

which biography...there are a few

@lilchaos4792

Жыл бұрын

Nobody cares

@stevepeterson5943

Жыл бұрын

@Ky G the greatest man alive? What the heck.