The best minute in :: City Lights (1931)

Although one minute of this film cannot adequately portray the brilliance of Charlie Chaplin's City Lights, this scene is a piece of the best comedic protagonist entrance on film to date. Charlie Chaplin is by far the best physical comedian that we at greenT have seen and this film showcases why:

Copyright © 1931 United Artists

In 1931 Charlie Chaplin, who was the centre piece in Hollywood's mantle, was facing his toughest audience yet at a time when voice in film was just becoming the trendy thing to do and the Great Depression and recession were finally starting to level out. Chaplin disregarded this new method in film, and flat out made fun of it in the film, by creating his silent film masterpiece entitled City Lights, which was a romantic comedy about a blind girl and a tramp. They don't make 'em like this anymore..

Early last year greenT had the chance to see City Lights preformed live with our local symphony and in no way did the music match the magic on film.