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City Lights

with Oakland Symphony Orchestra LIVE at the Paramount!
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PLEASE NOTE: There is an additional Paramount Theatre $3 surcharge for every ticket, plus Ticketmaster (the Paramount’s official ticketing partner) fees. Those who would like to avoid Ticketmaster fees can visit the Paramount’s Box Office in Oakland between 12:00 noon and 5:00 pm on Fridays. The box office will open at 5pm on the evening of the event. 

Charles Chaplin’s CITY LIGHTS

Saturday, February 19, 7:00pm

On February 19, 2022, Timothy Brock will conduct the Oakland Symphony Orchestra at Oakland’s magnificent Paramount Theatre to accompany Charlie Chaplin’s masterpiece City Lights.

In 1991, Roger Ebert wrote, “If only one of Charles Chaplin’s films could be preserved, City Lights (1931) would come the closest to representing all the different notes of his genius. It contains the slapstick, the pathos, the pantomime, the effortless physical coordination, the melodrama, the bawdiness, the grace, and, of course, the Little Tramp–the character said, at one time, to be the most famous image on earth.”

This show is dedicated to the memory of our friend, maestro Michael Morgan.

Format Note: The film will screen in 35mm

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