Chaplin's Tango: Beautiful Wonderful Eyes,"City Lights" 1931

The film "City Lights" was released in 1931, and the main female character is a blind girl (Virginia Cherrill) for whom Charlie manages to raise the money for an eye operation. It is thought that this beautiful song was composed with this film in mind, but the theme is not used in the "City Lights" score.
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Beautiful Wonderful Eyes

I can't forget
when first we met
Beneath the starry skies
But most of all
I would recall
The magic of your eyes

Beautiful eyes
What have they seen to make them so beautiful ?
Wonderful eyes
What have they dreamed to make them so wonderful ?
Sorrowful eyes
What have they lost to make them so sorrowful ?
Beautiful wonderful eyes

Through all the tears
Through all the years
The vision never dies
Again I see
In memory
The magic of your eyes
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Recording:
Oryginalna Orkiestra Amerykańska (Original American Orchestra) with the English vocal refrain - Beautiful Wonderful Eyes (Czarujace Oczy), Tango composed by Charlie Chaplin for the movie "City Lights", Odeon 1931

NOTE: It is the Polish "Odeon" pressing from the British (American?) matrix, with not very accurate information on the label. What means "Oryginalna Amerykańska Orkiestra" (Original American Orchestra)? Does anyone recognize it? Who makes that really good English vocal? I hope the YT friends will help.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Tango
• Charile
• Chaplin
• Virginia
• Cherrill
• Thirties
• 1930s
• dance
• orchestra
• movie
• tune
• 78rpm

[romadona11]

immortal Charlie will live after we all die,,,will stay forever when humanity is remembered,,,

[Penado41]

Una maravilla digna del genio de Chaplin! Gracias, Grzegorz!

[Plattensammler88]

@znuky Yes, it is the Recording Parlophone E-6403. I checked it in Rust's "British Dance Band" Discographie, the Matrix Numbers are the same. The Recording was made in London, March 3, 1931. Thank you for the Information, I have the same Record on polish Odeon :-)

[keemm1]

Thank for the beutiful tango.

Would be interesting to learn who is singing on the record and what is this "Original american orchestra"

[ivancanaglia]

Thanks a lot, this tango is heart touching.

[SeanaDanielin]

Just lovely! I hadn't heard this version of the song before. Thanks for sharing it!

[Deppaddicted]

@Deppaddicted lean** (not learn)

[Deppaddicted]

@MichaelJacksonNorway No. Well, I mean it is said that he did learn toward some of the ideas of communism but it was really just a radical stage for a number of actors in Hollywood.

[MichaelJacksonNorway]

was Charlie a communist?

[spirmessi]

if you like to see the history of movies watch * BIRTH OF CINEMA* in youtube and enjoy

[MisterGummo]

I am from Buenos Aires, the capital of Tango an d I love Chaplin too.

[Mllroxy007]

Je suis nouvelle sur ce réseau incroyable, je remercie les gens pour leurs partages de la musique, de linformation magnifiques Jai commencé à plonger dans votre monde magique par le vidéo de Ms 240252 de Chaplins Tango en cherchant la mélodie précise pour mon projet et jen suis très reconnaissante, je pense que je vais y rester très longtemps

Merci