His costume and makeup included a Fu Manchu mustache, monocle, top hat, frock coat, tie and dickey (Kohn 28). City Lights was considered to be the last great film of the silent film era released on January 30, 1931. It is considered to be one of the greatest films of all time and was historically significant. Chaplin believed there was a market for silent films. He realized the maneuver from silent to talking movies could have had critical economic setbacks. Considering he was one of the very few producers in Hollywood, whose films produced more revenue overseas. Therefore, it was inconvenient that the end of the Little Tramp series could be a speaking character, so he continued to work on the silent production. He spent two million dollars of his personal funds to produce this film, along with thirty thousand dollars in advertisements (Kohn 60). The story follows as Chaplin’s Tramp falls in love with a blind women (Virginia Cherrill). The Tramp series shined the spotlight on him and he became a world-wide
His costume and makeup included a Fu Manchu mustache, monocle, top hat, frock coat, tie and dickey (Kohn 28). City Lights was considered to be the last great film of the silent film era released on January 30, 1931. It is considered to be one of the greatest films of all time and was historically significant. Chaplin believed there was a market for silent films. He realized the maneuver from silent to talking movies could have had critical economic setbacks. Considering he was one of the very few producers in Hollywood, whose films produced more revenue overseas. Therefore, it was inconvenient that the end of the Little Tramp series could be a speaking character, so he continued to work on the silent production. He spent two million dollars of his personal funds to produce this film, along with thirty thousand dollars in advertisements (Kohn 60). The story follows as Chaplin’s Tramp falls in love with a blind women (Virginia Cherrill). The Tramp series shined the spotlight on him and he became a world-wide