City Lights
“True Blind Love”
A tramp falls in love with a beautiful blind flower girl. His on-and-off friendship with a wealthy man allows him to be the girl's benefactor and suitor.
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Studio
Charles Chaplin Productions
Language
en
Status
Released
How City Lights performed
Budget
$1.5M
Worldwide Gross
$4.3M
Gross Profit
$2.8M
Return
2.8× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$612K
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~45/55, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (32% of the domestic run, typical for Comedy) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
A Tramp
Charlie Chaplin
A Tramp
A Blind Girl
Virginia Cherrill
A Blind Girl
Her Grandmother
Florence Lee
Her Grandmother
An Eccentric Millionaire
Harry Myers
An Eccentric Millionaire
His Butler
Al Ernest Garcia
His Butler
A Prizefighter
Hank Mann
A Prizefighter
Street Sweeper / Burglar (uncredited)
Albert Austin
Street Sweeper / Burglar (uncredited)
Boxing Fight Referee (uncredited)
Eddie Baker
Boxing Fight Referee (uncredited)
Mayor / Blind Girl's Downstairs Neighbor (uncredited)
Henry Bergman
Mayor / Blind Girl's Downstairs Neighbor (uncredited)
Bald Party Guest (uncredited)
Buster Brodie
Bald Party Guest (uncredited)
Diner in Restaurant (uncredited)
Jeanne Carpenter
Diner in Restaurant (uncredited)
Boxer (uncredited)
Tom Dempsey
Boxer (uncredited)
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