City lights

The ending

Chaplin's Hollywood roots

Three preceding features

Divorce and tax problems

Hannah

The challenge of the talkies

Refining a story

The production record in perspective

A troubled production : to November 1929

The production clarifies : from November 1929

Chaplin, the Jazz age, and submerged autobiography

The narrative structure

The opening scenes : a closer look

Contrasting moral universes

Final sequence : part one

Final sequence : the heartbreaking ending

Release and reception

The legacy of City Lights.