248 Limelight (1952)
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This article is from the Movie Trivia, by Murray Chapman muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au with numerous contributions by others.
248 Limelight (1952)
- 'Charles Chaplin' (qv)'s film about a vaudeville comic on the decline
features a scene in which Chaplin, as the elderly Calvero, makes his
comeback in a music hall sketch. The routine, which originally ran 10
minutes, has Calvero performing on stage with an old colleague, played by
'Buster Keaton' (qv). It has been said that while Chaplin was good, Keaton
was sensational. Consequently, Chaplin allowed only a small portion of the
scene to remain in release prints.
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