Feature films

Limelight

Limelight

Year

1952

Running time

137 min

Plot

An ageing clown who is being forgotten saves a young ballerina who has tried to take her own life, and gives her the courage to return to the stage.

Did you know?

• ●It is the only film in which Buster Keaton and Chaplin appear together.
• ●Its music won an Oscar in 1973.