---
title: 'Limelight (1952)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Charlie Chaplin'
released: '1952-10-16'
runtime_minutes: 137
certification: 'G'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Music'
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/limelight-1952'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044837/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Limelight (1952)

1952 · G · 137 min · Drama, Music, Comedy · United States


## Synopsis

Limelight is a 1952 American comedy-drama film written, produced, directed by, and starring Charlie Chaplin, based on a novella by Chaplin titled Footlights. The score was composed by Chaplin and arranged by Ray Rasch.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Charlie Chaplin](https://cinepixo.com/people/charlie-chaplin)
- **Screenplay:** [Charlie Chaplin](https://cinepixo.com/people/charlie-chaplin)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Charlie Chaplin](https://cinepixo.com/people/charlie-chaplin)
- **Producer:** [Charlie Chaplin](https://cinepixo.com/people/charlie-chaplin)
- **Director of Photography:** [Karl Struss](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-struss)

## Cast

- [Marjorie Bennett](https://cinepixo.com/people/marjorie-bennett)
- [Oona O'Neill](https://cinepixo.com/people/oona-o-neill)
- [Frank Hagney](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-hagney)
- [André Eglevsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/andre-eglevsky)
- [Norman Lloyd](https://cinepixo.com/people/norman-lloyd)
- [Snub Pollard](https://cinepixo.com/people/snub-pollard)
- [Leonard Mudie](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonard-mudie)
- [Nigel Bruce](https://cinepixo.com/people/nigel-bruce)
- [Colin Kenny](https://cinepixo.com/people/colin-kenny)
- [Wheeler Dryden](https://cinepixo.com/people/wheeler-dryden)
- [Sydney Chaplin](https://cinepixo.com/people/sydney-chaplin)
- [Melissa Hayden](https://cinepixo.com/people/melissa-hayden)
- [Buster Keaton](https://cinepixo.com/people/buster-keaton)
- [Billy Curtis](https://cinepixo.com/people/billy-curtis)
- [Harold Miller](https://cinepixo.com/people/harold-miller)

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Official site: http://www.charliechaplin.com/biography/articles/7-Limelight
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/limelight-1952
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