Charles Chaplin, Claire Bloom, Nigel Bruce, Buster Keaton. The touching drama unfolds about a washed-up music-hall comedian who saves a young dancer from suicide and regains joy in his own life. Directed by Chaplin, and includes two bonus Chaplin short features: A Night in the Show (1915/30 min.) and the never completed The Professor (1919/7 min.), new interviews with Claire Bloom and Norman Lloyd, an archival audio recording of Chaplin reading excerpts from his novella Footlights, an essay by critic Peter von Bagh an on-set piece by journalist Henry Gris and more. 2 DVDs. 1952/color/137 min/NR/fullscreen.