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"Limelight" quotes

Limelight poster
A fading comedian and a suicidally despondent ballet dancer must look to each other to find purpose and hope in their lives.

Director: Charles Chaplin
Writer: Charles Chaplin
Production: N/A
Year: 1952
MetaScore: N/A/100
ImdbRating: 8.0
BoxOffice: N/A
Released: 31 Oct 1952
Awards: Won 1 Oscar. 7 wins & 4 nominations total
I'd stand listening - Limelight 00:09 I'd stand listening I got a bright idea - Limelight 00:15 I got a bright idea Came six weeks ago - Limelight 00:14 Came six weeks ago And in the elegant melancholy of twilight - Limelight 00:14 And in the elegant melancholy of twilight Are you all right - Limelight 00:14 Are you all right The stage manager - Limelight 00:19 The stage manager Something's gone - Limelight 00:13 Something's gone Oh it's love - Limelight 00:17 Oh it's love You're sopping wet - Limelight 00:16 You're sopping wet The dawn is breaking - Limelight 00:23 The dawn is breaking God helps those who help themselves - Limelight 00:13 God helps those who help themselves Don't worry I can handle the old girl - Limelight 00:16 Don't worry I can handle the old girl I'll never dance again - Limelight 00:11 I'll never dance again Just the man I want to see - Limelight 00:06 Just the man I want to see Sybil you really want to hurt me don't you You little minx - Limelight 00:14 Sybil you really want to hurt me don't you You little... You wonderful little plum pudding - Limelight 00:18 You wonderful little plum pudding What did you do - Limelight 00:21 What did you do I'd despise myself if I thought that - Limelight 00:20 I'd despise myself if I thought that I beg your pardon - Limelight 00:10 I beg your pardon As a man gets on in years he wants to live deeply - Limelight 00:24 As a man gets on in years he wants to live deeply I don't know you - Limelight 00:34 I don't know you My ode to a worm - Limelight 00:32 My ode to a worm You have a leaking gas pipe - Limelight 00:08 You have a leaking gas pipe So this is how she spends her evenings - Limelight 00:11 So this is how she spends her evenings Believe it or not - Limelight 00:18 Believe it or not Destiny must be a headwaitress - Limelight 00:11 Destiny must be a headwaitress Destiny must be a headmistess - Limelight 00:11 Destiny must be a headmistess It's me Postant - Limelight 00:17 It's me Postant In those days you were drunk - Limelight 00:21 In those days you were drunk All the world's a stage - Limelight 00:15 All the world's a stage I never thought we'd come to this - Limelight 00:12 I never thought we'd come to this The whole thing is false - Limelight 00:26 The whole thing is false It's more than pity - Limelight 00:18 It's more than pity I shouldn't drink - Limelight 00:23 I shouldn't drink You've joined the army - Limelight 00:21 You've joined the army How's it feel to wake up famous - Limelight 00:16 How's it feel to wake up famous I finally have the chance to talk to you and I have nothing to say - Limelight 00:15 I finally have the chance to talk to you and I have nothing... We're all grubbing for a living - Limelight 00:15 We're all grubbing for a living The bee's behavior in the beehive is unbelievable - Limelight 00:14 The bee's behavior in the beehive is unbelievable At this stage of the game life gets to be a habit - Limelight 00:16 At this stage of the game life gets to be a habit However the meaning of anything - Limelight 00:14 However the meaning of anything Your mother was a dressmaker and your father a Lord - Limelight 00:22 Your mother was a dressmaker and your father a Lord You've got to come back - Limelight 00:20 You've got to come back We're just having a little beer Bach and Beethoven - Limelight 00:17 We're just having a little beer Bach and Beethoven What a sad business - Limelight 00:27 What a sad business A little more grown up - Limelight 00:25 A little more grown up We'll have to get you well - Limelight 00:35 We'll have to get you well Whoever you are - Limelight 00:15 Whoever you are This is a wonderful evening - Limelight 00:09 This is a wonderful evening They walked out on me - Limelight 00:22 They walked out on me I must see about that ambulance - Limelight 00:36 I must see about that ambulance Don't be afraid to tell - Limelight 00:15 Don't be afraid to tell What is there to fight for - Limelight 01:01 What is there to fight for I'm through clowning - Limelight 00:14 I'm through clowning What a day - Limelight 00:21 What a day I believe I'm dying - Limelight 00:16 I believe I'm dying The heart and the mind - Limelight 00:10 The heart and the mind Worms can't smile - Limelight 00:12 Worms can't smile Time is the great author - Limelight 00:08 Time is the great author Life can be wonderful if you're not afraid of it - Limelight 00:14 Life can be wonderful if you're not afraid of it What do you want meaning for - Limelight 00:20 What do you want meaning for That's all any of us are - Limelight 00:07 That's all any of us are There's something about working the streets I like - Limelight 00:11 There's something about working the streets I like There's always that little home in the country - Limelight 00:21 There's always that little home in the country I knew she was no good - Limelight 00:11 I knew she was no good That's all that matters - Limelight 01:29 That's all that matters I'm not so sure - Limelight 01:00 I'm not so sure You'd better not be - Limelight 00:53 You'd better not be I know what you're thinking - Limelight 00:47 I know what you're thinking A young girl like you wanting to throw your life away - Limelight 00:30 A young girl like you wanting to throw your life away I'm an old sinner - Limelight 00:14 I'm an old sinner Everything - Limelight 02:21 Everything Gezundheidt - Limelight 00:17 Gezundheidt Won't it inconvenience you - Limelight 00:55 Won't it inconvenience you Where is she - Limelight 00:14 Where is she What can the stars do - Limelight 00:16 What can the stars do Time is the best author - Limelight 00:19 Time is the best author This has been a wonderful evening - Limelight 00:21 This has been a wonderful evening Think of the power that's in the universe - Limelight 00:41 Think of the power that's in the universe

Cast

Calvero - Charles Chaplin
Thereza 'Terry' Ambrose - Claire Bloom
Postant - Nigel Bruce
Calvero's Partner - Buster Keaton
Neville - Sydney Chaplin