City Lights : A Comedy Romance in Pantomime (1931)

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Original title	City Lights : A Comedy Romance in Pantomime
Swedish release title	Stadens ljus
Distribution title	Chaplin på restaurangen (fragment visat som kortfilm 1937) Byens lys (Norge) Byens lys (Danmark) Lichter der Großstadt : Eine Komödien-Romance als Pantomime (Tyskland) Les lumières de la ville (Frankrike) Luci della città (Italien) Kaupungin valot (Finland) Luces de la ciudad (Spanien) Luzes na cidade (Portugal) Światła wielkiego miasta (Polen) Огни большого города (Sovjetunionen) Светлините на града (Bulgarien) Nagyvárosi fények (Ungern) Borgarljósin (Island) 街の灯 (Japan) Şehir ışıkları (Turkiet) Stadslichten (Belgien) 城市之光 (Kina) Svjetla velegrada (Kroatien) 시티 라이트 (Korea) Luzes da cidade (Brasilien) Τα Φώτα της Πόλης (Grekland) Lichter der Großstadt (Österrike)
Title for Swedish DVD release	Stadens ljus

Director	Charles Chaplin
Screenplay	Charles Chaplin
Producer	Charles Chaplin (ej krediterad)
Director of Photography	Roland H. Totheroh (as Rollie Totheroh) Gordon Pollock
Music	Charles Chaplin (originalmusik)
Production Designer	Charles D. Hall (settings)
Film Editor	Charles Chaplin (ej krediterad) Willard Nico (ej krediterad)
Production Mixer	Theodore Reed (ljudövervakare)
Production Manager	Alfred Reeves (ej krediterad)
Assistant Director	Harry Crocker Henry Bergman Albert Austin
Script Supervisor	Della Steele (ej krediterad)
Camera Operator	Mark Marlatt (ej krediterad)
Casting	Al Ernest Garcia (ej krediterad)
Unit Publicist	Harry Crocker (ej krediterad)
Still Photographer	Ralph Barton (ej krediterad)
Gaffer	Frank Testera (ej krediterad)
Musical Arrangement	Arthur Johnston
Musical Director	Alfred Newman

Charles Chaplin	vagabonden
Virginia Cherrill	den blinda blomsterflickan
Florence Lee	flickans farmor
Harry Myers	den excentrisk miljonären
Al Ernest Garcia (as Allan Garcia)	James, miljonärens betjänt
Hank Mann	proffsboxaren
-	Ej krediterade:
Henry Bergman	borgmästaren som inviger fredsmonumentet / portvakten i huset där den blinda flickan bor
Albert Austin	den lunchätande gatsoparen / en av bovarna hos miljonären
Stanhope Wheatcroft	en gentleman på kaféet
John Rand	en gammal luffare som snuvas på en cigarrfimp
James Donnelly	förmannen på renhållninsstationen
Eddie Baker	ringdomaren i boxningsmatchen
Joe Van Meter	inbrottstjuv
Robert Parrish	tidningspojke
Austen Jewell	tidningspojke
Ray Erlenborn	tidningspojke
Jean Harlow	blond kvinna på nattklubben
Tom Dempsey	boxare
Eddie McAuliffe	Eddie Mason, boxare
Willie Keeler	boxare
Victor Alexander	den vidskeplige boxaren
Tony Stabenau	segrande boxare som senare slås ut
T.S. Alexander	läkare
James Donnelly	förman
Granville Redmond	skulptör
Florence Wix	kvinnan som sätter sig på en cigarr
W.C. Robinson	mannen som kastar bort sin cigarr
Emmett Wagner	sekond
Tiny Ward	man i hiss framför konstaffären
Harry Ayers	polis
Mark Strong	man på restaurangen
Jack Sutherland	lång man på festen
Jack Alexander	man vid boxningsmatchen
Betty Blair	kvinnlig gäst i restaurangen
Marie Cooper	dansare
Peter Diego	man vid förväxlingen mellan hatt och rock
Mrs. Garcia	kvinna vid vänstra bordet på restaurangen
Milton Gowman	man på gatan
Robert Graves	polisofficer
Ad Herman	man vid boxningsmatchen
Joseph Herrick	man vid boxningsmatchen
Mrs. Hyams	biträde i blomsteraffären
A.B. Lane	man vid boxningsmatchen
Margaret Oliver	kvinna på gatan
Mrs. Pope	kvinna på restaurangen
Cy Slocum	man vid boxningsmatchen

Production Company	Charles Chaplin Film Corp.
Copyright	Charles Chaplin Film Corp.	1931-02-05	LP2034
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm)	United Artists AB	1931
	Sandrew Film & Teater AB	1969
Distributor in Sweden (DVD)	Soul Media	2011
Distributor in Sweden (DCP)	Nonstop Entertainment AB	2017

Censorship number	110833
Date	1972-03-06
Classification	Suitable for all audiences
Original length	2365 meters
Notes	Aktlängder: 525-500-515-560-265= 2365 meter.

Censorship number	52689
Date	1935-09-26
Classification	Suitable for all audiences
Original length	185 meters
Notes	Avsnitt ur filmen. Aktlängder: 0.

Censorship number	46299
Date	1931-04-14
Classification	Suitable for all audiences
Original length	2405 meters
Censored length	2399 meters
Notes	Aktlängder: 0, 0, 0, 0, 0.

Aspect ratio	1.37:1
Sound type	Sound
Sound system	Optical mono
Colour type	Black and white
Carrier type	35 mm
Frames per second	24
Length in metres	2467 meters
Length in minutes	90 min
Reels	9 reels

		USA		1927-12-27	1930-10-05
Chaplin Studios, 1416 N. La Brea Avenue, Hollywood	Los Angeles, Kalifornien	USA
United Artists Studios, 7200 Santa Monica Boulevard, Hollywood	Los Angeles, Kalifornien	USA
	San Francisco, Kalifornien	USA	(exteriörer)

First showing	1931-01-30	Los Angeles Theatre	Los Angeles, Kalifornien	USA	90 min
Other showing	1931-02-06	George Cohan Theatre	New York City, New York	USA	90 min
Release in Sweden	1931-04-20	Röda Kvarn	Stockholm	Sweden	88 min
Re-release	1950-04-08	Globe Theatre	New York City, New York	USA
Cinematheque screening	1971-03-17			Sweden
	1971-05-13			Sweden
	1989-09-02			Sweden
	1989-09-05			Sweden
	1993-10-27			Sweden
	1993-10-30			Sweden
	1994-12-03			Sweden
	1995-09-02			Sweden
	1995-09-06			Sweden
	2006-02-14	Bio Victor	Stockholm	Sweden	86 min
	2006-02-16	Sture	Stockholm	Sweden	86 min
	2006-02-25	Bio Capitol	Gothenburg	Sweden	86 min
	2006-03-04	Spegeln	Malmö	Sweden	116 min
DVD release	2011-04-27			Sweden
Cinematheque screening	2015-02-01	Filmhuset	Stockholm	Sweden
Cinematheque screening, archive copy	2015-02-01
	2015-02-08
Re-release	2017-04-07			Sweden
Cinematheque screening	2020-02-23	Filmhuset	Stockholm	Sweden
Cinematheque screening, archive copy	2020-02-23
	2020-03-07
TV showing	2021-06-23	SVT1		Sweden
Cinematheque screening, archive copy	2025-05-10	Bio Victor, Filmhuset	Stockholm	Sweden

Original title	Beautiful Wonderful Eyes
Composer	Charles Chaplin	(1931)

Original title	Tomorrow the Sun Will Shine
Composer	Charles Chaplin	(1931)

Original title	Happy Romance
Composer	Charles Chaplin	(1931)

Original title	Promenade
Composer	Charles Chaplin	(1931)

Original title	Orientale
Composer	Charles Chaplin	(1931)

Original title	The Star-Spangled Banner
Composer	John Stafford Smith	(1779-1780)
Lyrics	Francis Scott Key	(engelsk text 1814)

Original title	Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here
Composer	Arthur Sullivan	(1879)
Lyrics	D.A. Estrom	(1917)
Musical Arrangement	Theodore Morse	(1917)

Original title	Dixie
Composer	Daniel Decatur Emmett	(1860)

Original title	I Hear You Calling Me
Composer	Charles Marshall	(1908)
Lyrics	Harold Harford	(1908)

Original title	Home, Sweet Home
Composer	Henry Bishop	(1823)
Lyrics	John Howard Payne	(1823)

Original title	La violetera
Composer	José Padilla	(1918)
Lyrics	Albert Willemetz	(fransk text 1918)
	Saint-Granier	(fransk text 1918)
	Eduardo Montesinos	(spansk text 1928)

Original title	Old Folks at Home
Composer	Stephen C. Foster	(1851)
Lyrics	Stephen C. Foster	(1851)

Original title	The Near Future
Composer	Irving Berlin	(1919)
Lyrics	Irving Berlin	(1919)

Original title	Saint Louis Blues
Composer	W.C. Handy	(1914)
Lyrics	W.C. Handy	(1914)

Les réveurs (2003)

City Lights : A Comedy Romance in Pantomime (1931)

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Element type	Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type	DCP

Element type	Print
Carrier type	16 mm
Length	75

Element type	Print
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2355

Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2346

Element type	Digitalt arkivmaterial
Carrier type	ProRes

Element type	Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type	DCP

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	1

Size	Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity	2

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2

Size	Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity	2

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	1

Size	Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity	1

Script type	Dialoglista
Language	French

Script type	Cutting continuity
Language	English

Black and white print	set
Colour prints	No
Behind the scenes prints	No
Slides	1

Type	Program folio

Type	Program folio