Modern Times
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Time Out says
The last appearance of the Chaplin tramp, before Hitler, Monsieur Verdoux and other personae took over. Antics and situations from the earliest shorts are revived in a narrative framework designed to portray 'humanity crusading in the pursuit of happiness', as the opening title puts it; the tramp faces the perils of factory machinery, poverty, starvation and Depression unrest - and just about survives. Chaplin's political and philosophical naivety now seems as remarkable as his gift for pantomime.Author: GB
Release details
UK release:
1936
Duration:
85 mins
Cast and crew
Director:
Cast:
Allan Garcia, Tiny Sanford, Chester Conklin, Henry Bergman, Paulette Goddard, Charles Chaplin, Hank Mann
Music:
Art Director:
Russell Spencer, Charles D Hall
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