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Luci della città
Titolo originale: City Lights
Regia:
Charlie Chaplin
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Anno: 1931
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Commedia Dramma Romance
Tag:
blindness and impaired vision
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eye operation
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operation
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love of one's life
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suicide attempt
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flower shop
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flower girl
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tramp
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love
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black and white
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millionaire
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silent film
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blind girl
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boxing
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feel good
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comforting
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Cast:
Charlie Chaplin
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Virginia Cherrill
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Florence Lee
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Harry Myers
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Al Ernest Garcia
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Hank Mann
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Albert Austin
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Eddie Baker
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Henry Bergman
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Buster Brodie
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Jeanne Carpenter
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Tom Dempsey
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James Donnelly
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Ray Erlenborn
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Robert Graves
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Charles Hammond
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Joseph Herrick
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Austen Jewell
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Willie Keeler
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Robert Parrish
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John Rand
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W.C. Robinson
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Cy Slocum
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Tony Stabenau
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Mark Strong
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Tiny Ward
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Stanhope Wheatcroft
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Florence Wix
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Granville Redmond
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Wyn Ritchie Evans
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Joe Van Meter
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Johnny Aber
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Jack Alexander
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T.S. Alexander
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Victor Alexander
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Harry Ayers
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Edward Biby
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Betty Blair
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Marie Cooper
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Peter Diego
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Ruth Garcia
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Milton Gowman
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Ad Herman
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A.B. Lane
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Eddie McAuliffe
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Leila McIntyre
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George Nardelli
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Margaret Oliver
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Mrs. Pope
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James Sheldon
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Jack Sutherland
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Emmett Wagner
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Un vagabondo si innamora di una bella fioraia cieca che lo scambia per un milionario. Il povero vagabondo vivrà numerose avventure, nel tentativo di aiutare economicamente la fioraia.
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While his demand for perfection could sometimes ruffle feathers, there was no question that Sir Char [...]
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The opening reel and a dream vision of Sir Charles Chaplin handsomely uniformed were deleted.
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This film is part of the Criterion Collection, spine #680.
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Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky cited this as his favorite film. Woody Allen also calls it "Chapli [...]
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Virginia Cherrill said that when she renegotiated her contract to be brought back onto the film, she [...]
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At one point, Virginia Cherrill came back to the set late from an appointment, keeping Sir Charles C [...]
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Production was delayed on several occasions. In 1929, one break lasted 62 days.
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The film premiered in New York on February 6, 1931, at the George M. Cohan Theater. It was the only [...]
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In 2007, the American Film Institute ranked this as the #11 Greatest Movie of All Time.
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The millionaire's car is a 1926 Rolls Royce.
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When the film was re-released in 1950, it was banned in Memphis, TN by censor Lloyd T. Benford becau [...]
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Stanley Kubrick named it as one of his favourite films.
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This film is one of Guillermo del Toro's personal favorite films.
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Included among the American Film Institute's 2000 list of the Top 100 Funniest American Movies.
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Included among the American Film Institute's 1998 list of the Top 100 Greatest American Movies.
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Included among the American Film Institute's 2002 list of the Top 100 America's Greatest Love Story [...]
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Sir Charles Chaplin began shooting the film in 1928. Convinced that sound was just a passing fad, he [...]
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Sir Charles Chaplin briefly considered sixteen-year-old actress Marian Marsh for the blind girl, but [...]
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Luci della città (1931) was the highest-grossing film of 1931 in the United States.
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Though no footage of Georgia Hale appears in the finished film, the reconciliation scene she shot fo [...]
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British Film Institute has included it in their top 50 list of critics top 50.
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Sir Charles Chaplin's first film made during the sound era. He faced extreme pressure to make the fi [...]
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A scene where The Tramp attempts to retrieve a stick that was stuck in a wall was filmed, but it was [...]
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The film was given a 4K film transfer for theatrical distribution (Janus Films) and DVD/Blu-ray rele [...]
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The film was originally set in Paris.
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Given that the film was begun before the Wall Street Crash of 1929, it could not have been intention [...]
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The film is included on Roger Ebert's "Great Movies" list.
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Sir Charles Chaplin had interviewed several actresses to play the blind flower girl, but was unimpre [...]
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During the premiere, the theater manager, H.L. Gumbiner, was justifiably proud of the gorgeous new s [...]
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For a subplot, Sir Charles Chaplin first considered a character even lower on the social scale, a bl [...]
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The plot gradually grew from an initial concept Sir Charles Chaplin had considered after the success [...]
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(at around 1 min) At the beginning of the film, a town official and a woman dedicating the statue ca [...]
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One of Sir Charles Chaplin's friends, the famous illustrator Ralph Barton, was on set one day during [...]
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When the film opened on 31 January 1931, Albert Einstein joined Sir Charles Chaplin at the theater. [...]
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The famous Flower Girl theme was written by José Padilla.
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Before it was released into theatres, Sir Charles Chaplin had a secret sneak preview screening in do [...]
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Sir Charles Chaplin's personal favorite of all his films.
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Included among the American Film Institute's 2005 list of 250 movies nominated for AFI's 100 Years o [...]
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This film is in the Official Top 250 Narrative Feature Films on Letterboxd.
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Sir Charles Chaplin re-shot the scene in which the Little Tramp buys a flower from the blind flower- [...]
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This marked the first time Sir Charles Chaplin composed the film score to one of his productions.
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Orson Welles said that this was his favorite movie of all time.
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The first scenes Sir Charles Chaplin thought up were of the ending, where the newly cured blind girl [...]
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At one point Sir Charles Chaplin considered German actress Camilla Horn for the 'Blind Girl' part.
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Psychologist Stephen Weissman has hypothesized that the film is highly autobiographical, with the bl [...]
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To remind sound-oriented audiences of what to expect from the film, Chaplin billed the film as "a co [...]
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The favourite film of director Martin Brest.
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One of Sir Charles Chaplin's most financially successful and critically acclaimed films despite bein [...]
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One of Sir Charles Chaplin's most joyous times came during the film's famous boxing match scene. "Th [...]
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Even though he had great confidence in the film, Sir Charles Chaplin still couldn't help but worry t [...]
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This film was selected into the National Film Registry in 1991 for being "culturally, historically, [...]
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Since Sir Charles Chaplin owned his own studio, he was able to control every aspect of the productio [...]
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Filming started in 1929 when 'talkies' were over but Chaplin was determined to continue making silen [...]
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Henry Clive was originally cast as the millionaire, but when he refused to fall into the water in a [...]
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Sir Winston Churchill visited the set, and Sir Charles Chaplin took a break to make a short film wit [...]
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The boxing scene required 100 extras and Sir Charles Chaplin took four days to rehearse and six to s [...]
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According to Virginia Cherrill, Sir Charles Chaplin was never interested in her sexually. "I was 20. [...]
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Virginia Cherrill was cast on a whim when Sir Charles Chaplin spotted her at a boxing match.
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Everyone in this movie has been dead since 2007.
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According to his autobiography, Sir Charles Chaplin was angered over United Artists' lack of pre-rel [...]
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Georgia Hale was added to the cast on November 11, 1929, according to studio records.
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Included among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", edited by Steven Schneider.
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The opening scene involved up to 380 extras and was especially stressful for Sir Charles Chaplin to [...]
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The premiere opened the Los Angeles Theater. It was the first time a gala premiere was held in downt [...]
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In terms of years, this film was Sir Charles Chaplin's longest undertaking. It was in production for [...]
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Sir Charles Chaplin's penchant for perfection carried over into all aspects of the production. He ha [...]
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Virginia Cherrill was very near-sighted. Sir Charles Chaplin felt that her unfocused gaze suggested [...]
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Sir Charles Chaplin invited Albert Einstein and his wife Elsa to join him at the Los Angeles premier [...]
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The film was inordinately expensive - in excess of $1.5 million - mainly because Sir Charles Chaplin [...]
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In 2008, this film was voted #1 on AFI's list over the ten best romantic comedies of all time.
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Sir Charles Chaplin spent $1,500,000 of his own money in making the film. A river was built at Chapl [...]
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In the famous fight scene, several spectators in the back row(s) of the gallery are motionless, eith [...]
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(at around 14 mins) When saving the man's life, and trying to climb out of the water, the position o [...]
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(at around 1h 9 mins) When the Tramp is knocked out on the table in the locker room you see a pair o [...]
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(at around 1h 12 mins) When the Tramp and the Millionaire are drinking champagne with the burglars i [...]
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(at around 31 mins) When the Tramp buys all the flower girl's flowers, she wears black stockings, bu [...]
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(at around 1h 13 mins) When the Tramp tries to place a gun in the desk top table, the Millionaire is [...]
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(at around 1h 5 mins) In the boxing match when the Tramp propels himself off the ropes (twice) at hi [...]
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Some of Charlie's curls are darker than the others, caused by Charles Chaplin applying dark hair dye [...]
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When the Tramp washes his hands, the soap is beside him on a barrel. Another man places a napkin on [...]
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When the waiter is seen with the spaghetti bowl for the first time (right around the 23:00 mark), a [...]
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(at around 32 mins) When the Tramp takes the girl home, the birdcage outside the window is gone, but [...]
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(at around 1h 25 mins) During the film's final scene, the Tramp is seen holding the flower to his fa [...]
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Both times the Tramp and the Millionaire climb out of the river, they are shown with the Tramp on th [...]
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In the famous final scene where the blind woman and Chaplin are staring at one another, the flower C [...]
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(at around 39 mins) When the Tramp accidentally swallows the whistle, his real eyebrows are visible [...]
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At approximately 0:46:50, when the Tramp washes his hands, his pants change from the white worker's [...]
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(at around 50 mins) When the man swallows part of the Tramp's soap and starts spraying bubbles, the [...]
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(at around 1h 19 mins) When handcuffed to go to jail, the Tramp's left hand is cuffed, but when arri [...]
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Frase
A Blind Girl: Thank you for your kindness, sir.
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The Tramp: You can see now? A Blind Girl: Yes, I [...]
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The Tramp: Be careful how you're driving. Eccentr [...]
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Eccentric Millionaire: James - the Rolls-Royce. We [...]
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The Tramp: Tomorrow the birds will sing.
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The Blind Girl's Grandmother: He must be wealthy. [...]
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