RNS: Charlie Chaplin - City Lights
Stefan Geiger conductor
Royal Northern Sinfonia
Experience the timeless magic of Charlie Chaplin on the big screen with a special showing of City Lights accompanied by Royal Northern Sinfonia. Ranked 16th in Time magazine’s ‘The 100 best movies of all time’, City Lights is a charming romantic comedy following the Little Tramp (Chaplin) as he falls in love with a blind flower girl (Virgina Cherrill) and forms an unusual friendship with a millionaire (Harry Myers).
Released in 1931 just as Hollywood moved from silent films to “talkies”, the film has no spoken dialogue but does have a full orchestral soundtrack, written by Chaplin himself, which matches and highlights the on-screen action. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to see and hear it live.
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Running time: 86 minutes (no interval)
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