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A Balasaur Score of 90 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 8.5/10, Rotten Tomatoes 95%, Metacritic 99/100. Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 97% of the 231 1930s comedy movies in this catalog. It runs a compact 1h 27m. Streaming on Prime, Max, and Tubi.
Synopsis
A tramp falls in love with a beautiful blind flower girl. His on-and-off friendship with a wealthy man allows him to be the girl's benefactor and suitor.
Ratings
IMDb8.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes95%
Metacritic99/100
Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do.
2,548 audience votes
Key crew
- Charlie ChaplinDirector
- Harry CrockerScreenplay
- Charlie ChaplinOriginal Music Composer
- Charlie ChaplinScreenplay
- Harry CarrScreenplay
Cast
- Charlie ChaplinA Tramp
- Virginia CherrillA Blind Girl
- Florence LeeHer Grandmother
- Harry MyersAn Eccentric Millionaire
- Al Ernest GarciaHis Butler
- Hank MannA Prizefighter
- Albert AustinStreet Sweeper / Burglar (uncredited)
- Eddie BakerBoxing Fight Referee (uncredited)
- Henry BergmanMayor / Blind Girl's Downstairs Neighbor (uncredited)
- Buster BrodieBald Party Guest (uncredited)
- Jeanne CarpenterDiner in Restaurant (uncredited)
- Tom DempseyBoxer (uncredited)
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Themes
blindness and impaired visioneye operationoperationlove of one's lifesuicide attemptflower shopflower girltramploveblack and whitemillionairesilent film
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