Limelight (DVD English)

A yang dancer wants to know if the white haired gentleman who saved her life is Calvero, the great music hall comedian. ?I was,? the gent replies. Charles Chaplin?s Limelight is a glimmering homage to what was, a proud look at a bygone entertainment era and a bittersweet take of an artist passing the torch to a new generation. Chaplin portrays Calvero (the ?Tramp Comedian? per an old theatrical poster in his room), who rescues a distraught ballerinja (Claire Bloom) from suicide and mentors her to success. Among the film?s comedy highlights is a musical routine that?s but routine in the hand of legend Chaplin and stone faced Buster Keaton. The extraordinary score by Chaplin, Raymond Rasch and Larry Russell earned the screen legend his only competitive Oscar*