Limelight (1952)

Original title	Limelight
Swedish release title	Rampljus
Distribution title	Rampelys (Danmark) Rampelys (Norge) Parrasvalot (Finland) Rampenlicht (Tyskland) Les feux de la rampe (Frankrike) Candilejas (Spanien) Luci della ribalta (Italien) Światła rampy (Polen) Luzes da ribalta (Portugal) Огни рампы (Sovjetunionen) Sahne ışıkları (Turkiet) ライムライト (Japan) Svjetla pozornice (Kroatien) Светлините на рампата (Bulgarien) Světla ramp (Tjeckoslovakien) Ta tα φώτης ράμπας (Grekland) Rivaldafény (Ungern) 라임라이트 (Korea) Центар на внимание (Makedonien) 舞台生涯 (Kina) אורות הבמה (Israel)
Working title	Footlights

Director	Charles Chaplin
Screenplay	Charles Chaplin
Producer	Charles Chaplin (ej krediterad)
Production Manager	Lonnie D'Orsa
Director of Photography	Karl Struss
Music	Charles Chaplin Ray Rasch
Choreography	Charles Chaplin André Eglevsky Melissa Hayden Carmelita Maracci (corps de ballet)
Production Designer	Eugène Lourié
Film Editor	Joseph Engel (as Joe Inge)
Production Mixer	Hugh McDowell Jr. (as Hugh McDowell)
Assistant Director	Robert Aldrich
Assistant to the Director	Wheeler Dryden (ej krediterad) Jerome Epstein (ej krediterad)
Advisor	Roland H. Totheroh (as Roland Totheroh) (fotokonsult)
Production Assistant	Jerome Epstein (as Jerome L. Epstein) Wheeler Dryden
Production Accountant	Alfred Lewin (ej krediterad)
Production Secretary	Kathleen Pryor (ej krediterad)
Unit Publicist	Harry Crocker (ej krediterad)
Camera Operator	Wallace Chewning (ej krediterad)
Still Photographer	George Hommel (ej krediterad) W. Eugene Smith (ej krediterad)
Assistant Cameraman	Monroe P. Askins (ej krediterad) Dick Johnson (ej krediterad)
Gaffer	Frank Testera (ej krediterad)
Musical Arrangement	Larry Russell (ej krediterad) Charles Chaplin Ray Rasch
Conductor	Keith Williams
Costume Designer	Riley Thorne
Tailor	Ted Tetrick (ej krediterad)
Make-up Supervisor	Ted Larsen
Hair Stylist	Florence Avery (ej krediterad)
Wardrobe	Elmer Ellsworth (män - ej krediterad) Drew Tetrick (ej krediterad)
Assistant Film Editor	Edward Phillips
Sound Editor	Harold E. McGhan
Storyboard	Dorothea Holt (production illustrator - ej krediterad)

Charles Chaplin	Mr. Calvero, music hallclown
Claire Bloom	Thereza "Terry" Ambrose, balettdansös
Nigel Bruce	Mr. Postant, impressarion
Buster Keaton	Calveros partner i sketchen på The Empire Theatre
Sydney Chaplin	Neville, ung kompositör
Norman Lloyd	Bodalink, konstnärlig ledare på The Empire Theatre
André Eglevsky	Harlequin i baletten "The Death of Columbine"
Melissa Hayden	stand-in för Claire Bloom i balettavsnitten som Columbine
Marjorie Bennett	Mrs. Sybil Alsop, Calveros hyresvärdinna
Wheeler Dryden	clown i baletten "The Death of Columbine"/doktor Blake, läkare
Barry Bernard	John Redfern, Calveros agent
Stapleton Kent	Claudius
Mollie Glessing	Mrs. Alsops husa
Leonard Mudie	läkaren som sköter om Terry
Loyal Underwood	en av gatumusikanterna
Snub Pollard	en av gatumusikanterna
Julian Ludwig	en av gatumusikanterna
-	Ej krediterade:
Charles Chaplin Jr.	den svartklädde clownen i baletten "The Death of Columbine"
Geraldine Chaplin	en liten flicka utanför hyreshuset
Michael Chaplin	en liten pojke utanför hyreshuset
Josephine Chaplin	en liten flicka utanför hyreshuset
Cyril Delevanti	Griffin, clown
Sam Harris	den monokelprydde gamle herrn på teaterbalkongen
Dorothy Ford	högväxt dam i publiken
Jack Deery	sändebudet i publiken
Elizabeth Root	kvinna i publiken
Milicent Patrick	kvinna i publiken
Judy Landon	kvinna i publiken
Sherry Moreland	kvinna i publiken
Valerie Vernon	kvinna i publiken
Eric Wilson	man i publiken
Frank Hagney	man i publiken
Harry Crocker	varietéteaterbesökare
Billy Curtis	dvärgen på Redferns kontor
Tim Durant	varietéteaterbesökare
Charlie Hall	tidningsförsäljare
Stuart Holmes	middagsgäst
Kenner G. Kemp	man på puben
Colin Kenny	uppträdande på varietéteatern
Harold Miller	middagsgäst
Frank Mills	man i publiken på varietéteatern
Edna Purviance	Mrs. Parker
Charles Rogers	man i salongen
Gus Taillon	en hemlös
Eric Wilton	hovmästaren vid middagen
Oona Chaplin	stand-in för Claire Bloom i avståndsbilder

Production Company	Celebrated Films Corp.
Copyright	Celebrated Films Corp.	1952-10-23	LP2006 (in notice 1951)
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm)	United Artists AB	1952
Distributor in Sweden (Home Video)	PolyGram AB	1982
Distributor in Sweden (DVD)	Sandrew Metronome Distribution Sverige AB	2003
	Soul Media	2011
Other Company	United Artists Corporation	1952	(amerikansk distributör)
	Columbia Pictures Industries Inc.	1972	(amerikansk distributör)

Censorship number	81539
Date	1973-08-01
Classification	Suitable for all audiences
Original length	3715 meters
Notes	Aktlängder: 420, 360, 515, 470, 470, 550, 510, 420.

Censorship number	81539
Date	1952-12-02
Classification	Suitable for all audiences
Original length	3825 meters
Notes	Aktlängder: 420, 470, 515, 470, 470, 550, 510, 420.

Aspect ratio	1.37:1
Sound type	Sound
Sound system	RCA Sound System
Colour type	Black and white
Carrier type	35 mm
Frames per second	24
Length in metres	3851 meter
Length in minutes	140 min
Reels	13 reels

			(kompletteringar i maj 1952)	1951-11-19	1952-01-25
Chaplin Studios, 1416 N. La Brea Avenue, Hollywood	Los Angeles, Kalifornien	USA
RKO-Pathé Studios, 9336 Washington Boulvervard	Culver City, Kalifornien	USA

First showing	1952-10-23	Astor Theatre	New York City, New York	USA	140 min
	1952-10-23	60th Street Trans-Lux Theatre	New York City, New York	USA	140 min
World premiere	1952-10-23	Odeon Theatre Leicester Square	London	United Kingdom	140 min
Release in Sweden	1952-12-08	Rigoletto	Stockholm	Sweden	140 min
TV showing	1981-05-04	TV1		Sweden	121 min
DVD release	2003-10-29			Sweden
	2011-10-05			Sweden
TV showing	2021-07-14	SVT1		Sweden

Original title	The Animal Trainer
Composer	Charles Chaplin	(1952)
Lyrics	Charles Chaplin	(1952)
Singer	Charles Chaplin

Original title	Spring Is Here
Composer	Charles Chaplin	(1952)
Lyrics	Charles Chaplin	(1952)
Singer	Charles Chaplin

Original title	The Sardine Song
Composer	Charles Chaplin	(1952)
Lyrics	Charles Chaplin	(1952)
Singer	Charles Chaplin

Original title	Eternally
Composer	Charles Chaplin	(1952)
Lyrics	Geoffrey Parsons	(1953)
	John Turner	(1953)

Original title	Ballet Introduction
Composer	Charles Chaplin	(1952)

Original title	Reunion
Composer	Charles Chaplin	(1952)

Original title	The Waltz
Composer	Charles Chaplin	(1952)

Original title	Terry's Theme
Composer	Charles Chaplin	(1952)

Original title	The Polka
Composer	Charles Chaplin	(1952)

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Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	3745

Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	3746

Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	3746

Element type	Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type	ProRes

Size	Larger than 80 x 110 cm
Quantity	1
Poster title	Rampljus

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2

Size	Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity	2

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2

Size	Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity	2

Size	Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity	2

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	1

Size	Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity	1
Tryckeri	Ewes O.B. -tryck

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2
Poster title	Limelight

Script type	Synopsis

Script type	Cutting continuity

Script type	Dialoglista
Language	English

Black and white print	SET
Album	No

Type	Program/Reklamtryck

Type	Program folio