Limelight

1952 film by Charlie Chaplin
Movie film Q584509
Limelight
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Limelight

Summary

Limelight is a film[1]. Limelight ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (484 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Limelight received the Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score[3].
  • Limelight received the National Board of Review: Top Ten Films[4].
  • Limelight's image is recorded as Limelight (1952) - original theatrical poster.jpeg[5].
  • Limelight's instance of is recorded as film[6].
  • Limelight's director is recorded as Charlie Chaplin[7].
  • Limelight's screenwriter is recorded as Charlie Chaplin[8].
  • Limelight's composer is recorded as Charlie Chaplin[9].
  • Limelight's genre is recorded as comedy drama[10].
  • Limelight's genre is recorded as drama film[11].
  • Limelight's genre is recorded as musical film[12].
  • Limelight's genre is recorded as tragicomedy[13].
  • Limelight's genre is recorded as melodrama[14].
  • Limelight's cast member is recorded as Charlie Chaplin[15].
  • Limelight's cast member is recorded as Claire Bloom[16].
  • Limelight's cast member is recorded as Nigel Bruce[17].
  • Limelight's cast member is recorded as Buster Keaton[18].
  • Limelight's cast member is recorded as Sydney Chaplin[19].
  • Limelight's cast member is recorded as Leonard Mudie[20].
  • Limelight's cast member is recorded as Norman Lloyd[21].
  • Limelight's cast member is recorded as Geraldine Chaplin[22].
  • Limelight's cast member is recorded as Edna Purviance[23].
  • Limelight's cast member is recorded as Melissa Hayden[24].
  • Limelight's cast member is recorded as Wheeler Dryden[25].
  • Limelight's cast member is recorded as Marjorie Bennett[26].
  • Limelight's cast member is recorded as Snub Pollard[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Limelight's producer is recorded as Charlie Chaplin[28]. Limelight's director is recorded as Charlie Chaplin[7]. Limelight's screenwriter is recorded as Charlie Chaplin[8]. Cast members include Charlie Chaplin[15], Claire Bloom[16], Nigel Bruce[17], Buster Keaton[18], Sydney Chaplin[19], and Leonard Mudie[20].

Publication

Publication dates include +1952-10-16T00:00:00Z[29], +1952-10-23T00:00:00Z[30], +1952-11-14T00:00:00Z[31], and +1954-09-24T00:00:00Z[32]. Limelight's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[33]. Genres include comedy drama[10], drama film[11], musical film[12], tragicomedy[13], and melodrama[14].

Reception

Awards received include Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score[3], an award for best original music[34] and National Board of Review: Top Ten Films[4], a film award[35], in United States[36], founded in 1929[37]. Reviews include 7.9/10[38], 90%[39], and 84/100[40].

Why It Matters

Limelight ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (484 views/month).[2] Limelight has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41]

FAQs

What awards did Limelight receive?

Honors received include Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score[3] and National Board of Review: Top Ten Films[4].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] . wikidata.org.
  11. [15] . wikidata.org.
  12. [16] . wikidata.org.
  13. [17] . wikidata.org.
  14. [18] . wikidata.org.
  15. [19] . wikidata.org.
  16. [20] . wikidata.org.
  17. [21] . wikidata.org.
  18. [22] . wikidata.org.
  19. [23] . wikidata.org.
  20. [24] . wikidata.org.
  21. [25] . wikidata.org.
  22. [26] . wikidata.org.
  23. [27] . wikidata.org.
  24. [28] . wikidata.org.
  25. [3] . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [4] . wikidata.org.
  27. [33] . wikidata.org.
  28. [38] . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [39] . wikidata.org.
  30. [40] . wikidata.org.
  31. [29] . Freebase Data Dumps. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [30] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [31] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [32] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [41] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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