Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 87 min
- Age rating
- G
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- One of the best-reviewed films Cue holds.
The story
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.
- blindness and impaired vision
- eye operation
- operation
- love of one's life
- suicide attempt
- flower shop
- flower girl
- tramp
- love
- black and white
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Charlie Chaplin
A Tramp
Virginia Cherrill
A Blind Girl
Florence Lee
Her Grandmother
Harry Myers
An Eccentric Millionaire
- Al Ernest Garcia — His Butler
- Hank Mann — A Prizefighter
- Albert Austin — Street Sweeper / Burglar (uncredited)
- Eddie Baker — Boxing Fight Referee (uncredited)
- Henry Bergman — Mayor / Blind Girl's Downstairs Neighbor (uncredited)
- Buster Brodie — Bald Party Guest (uncredited)
- Jeanne Carpenter — Diner in Restaurant (uncredited)
- Tom Dempsey — Boxer (uncredited)
- James Donnelly — Street Sweepers' Foreman (uncredited)
- Ray Erlenborn — Newsboy (uncredited)
- Robert Graves — Police Officer (uncredited)
- Directed
- Charlie Chaplin
- Written
- Harry Carr, Harry Crocker, Charlie Chaplin
Production
- Rating
- 8.2 / 10 · 2,529 ratings
- Studio
- Charles Chaplin Productions
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
