

City Lights
True Blind Love
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.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $1.5M
- Box office
- $4.3M
- Language
- No Language
- blindness and impaired vision
- eye operation
- operation
- love of one's life
- suicide attempt
- flower shop
- flower girl
- tramp
- love
- black and white
- millionaire
- silent film
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Produced in
United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereLos Angeles, California30 Jan 1931
- Theatrical7 Mar 1931
- TheatricalGRe-release8 Apr 1950
United KingdomGB
- TheatricalULondon27 Feb 1931
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalG9 May 1931
- TheatricalGRe-release18 May 1951
CanadaCA
- TheatricalG3 Apr 1931
AustriaAT
- TheatricalRe-release17 Dec 2004
BelgiumBE
- Theatrical27 Mar 1931
- TheatricalGent (Re-release)8 Sept 1972
BrazilBR
- TheatricalLRio de Janeiro (Cine Pathé)21 Jun 1934
- TheatricalDVD2 Mar 2004
CroatiaHR
- Theatrical4 Apr 1931
- PremiereVukovar Film Festival24 Aug 2018
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical151 May 1931
- Theatrical15Re-release8 Jun 1953
- Theatrical15Re-release23 May 1957
FinlandFI
- TheatricalK-720 Apr 1931
- TheatricalK-7Re-release22 Dec 1950
- TheatricalK-7Re-release18 Feb 1977
FranceFR
- TheatricalTP7 Apr 1931
- TheatricalTPParis (Re-release)29 Sept 1950
- TheatricalTPRe-release9 Mar 1951
- TheatricalTPRe-release (Restored Version)10 Jul 2019
- TheatricalTPà 20h55 sur Arte•tv2 Jan 2020
- Digital / OTTTPsur Arte•tv29 Apr 2025
GermanyDE
- Theatrical12West Germany1 Feb 1951
Frequently asked questions
City Lights was released on 6 February 1931.
Audience reviews
1- C7/10
CinemaSerf
7/14/2024
Virginia Cherrill charmingly plays a young, blind, flower seller whom the tramp (Charlie Chaplin) falls for, hook line and sinker. Later that night, he is crossing a bridge when he encounters a suicidal, dipso, millionaire (Harry Myers) whom he convinces to hang about for a while longer, and who by way of appreciation invites him to a party at his mansion, then to a series of evening entertainments. Thing is, when he…
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