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Violin and Piano Duet - Chaplin and Keaton - 'Limelight' 🎻
🎹 Scene from 'Limelight' (1952) with Charlie Chaplin and comedian Buster Keaton. The film is an American comedy-drama written, produced, directed by, and starring Charlie Chaplin, based on a novella by Chaplin titled Footlights..
Upon 'Limelight''s release, critics' reception was divided; it was heavily boycotted in the US because of Chaplin's alleged communist sympathies, and failed commercially.
However, the film was re-released in the US in 1972, which included its 1st screening in Los Angeles. This allowed the decades-old film to be in contention for the 45th Academy Awards where Chaplin won his only competitive Oscar.
Today, the film is sometimes regarded as one of Chaplin's best and most personal works, and has attained a cult following...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limelight_(1952_film)
