Charlie Chaplin’s City Lights
A film with live orchestra
Friday, October 7, 2016
Saturday, October 8, 2016
Sunday, October 9, 2016
Charlie Chaplin’s City Lights was an instant success when released in January 1931 and has influenced many renowned film directors. Experience this masterpiece with the ESO performing live the score that Chaplin himself composed!
Sorry, tickets to this experience are no longer available.
A film with live orchestra
Stephen Squires, conductor
Friday, October 7, 2016 at 7:30 pm
Schaumburg Prairie Center for the Arts
Saturday, October 8, 2016 at 7:30 pm
Sunday, October 9 at 2:30 pm
Hemmens Cultural Center
Even though silent films were on their way out, Charlie Chaplin’s City Lights was an instant success when released in January 1931. It has consistently been listed as one of the most influential films of all time and directors like Orson Welles, Stanley Kubrick, George Bernard Shaw, Federico Fellini and Woody Allen rate City Lights as one of their favorite movies. Don’t miss one of the greatest films ever made, with the Elgin Symphony Orchestra performing the score that Chaplin himself composed. Popcorn at Hemmens Cultural Center provided by Mama Lee’s Gourmet Popcorn.
