Video: 'Limelight' trailer

(Thursday, October 16, 1952) — Limelight, a comedy-drama film about a broken-down comic who sacrifices everything to give a young dancer a shot at the big time, premiered today in London.

Directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin, the film also stars Claire Bloom, Nigel Bruce, Buster Keaton, Sydney Earle Chaplin, Wheeler Dryden and Norman Lloyd.