Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton They were the two biggest comedy stars of the silent era, but as it happened, they never shared the screen until they reached the reign of sound. In fact, their collaboration did not occur until 1952, that same year. I sing in the rain It has been dramatized on the appearance of already distant sensations in the picture he is talking about. It is a hit musical deal with once-known artists dealing with a changing world, and as in itself is, Limelightthe film that eventually united Chaplin and Keaton, deals with the music hall star washed away in London in 1914.
Chaplin, an expert on the fallen hero – who happened to make the transition from vaudeville to film in 1914 – naturally plays the lead role. Keaton appears only later in the film, appearing as an older partner of Chaplin’s character. The Chaplin character takes the stage with him to perform a duet at a benefit concert that promises career relief. In reality, the scene has the same appeal to Keaton himself, who had not yet recovered financially or professionally after a catastrophic divorce in the mid-19th century, and struggled to tow in the new medium of television.
But Limelight It could be a sound film, and the Chaplin and Keaton scene could be musical numbers. Chaplin plays the violin and Keaton plays the piano, but before either of them can get a note from the instrument, they must first deal with a series of technical calamities and malfunctions in the wardrobe. This follows the theme of both performers essayed over and over again during their quiet heyday. It belongs to humans who have been condemned for the complications of the inhumane world.
But of course, Chaplin and Keaton characters usually find a way to win temporarily in that world at least at the end, so that’s what happens Limelight – The moment the unfortunate violinist himself dies, the victim of a heart attack on stage. In the real world, both of these two icons from a bygone era had at least another act before them. Chaplin has more films to return to his homeland, England and Europe, and Keaton was called out every time Hollywood needed a rediscovered shot, as a kind of living legend for employment.
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