Modern Times (1936)

G02/05/1936Comedy, Drama, Romance1h 27m
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He stands alone as the greatest entertainer of modern times! No one on earth can make you laugh as heartily or touch your heart as deeply...the whole world laughs, cries and thrills to his priceless genius!

Overview

A bumbling tramp desires to build a home with a young woman, yet is thwarted time and time again by his lack of experience and habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time..

Top Billed Cast

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    Charlie Chaplin

    The Tramp (A Factory Worker)

  2. Cast 1

    Paulette Goddard

    A Gamin

  3. Cast 1

    Henry Bergman

    Cafe Proprietor

  4. Cast 1

    Tiny Sandford

    Big Bill

  5. Cast 1

    Chester Conklin

    Mechanic

  6. Cast 1

    Hank Mann

    Burglar

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    Stanley Blystone

    Gamin's Father

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    Al Ernest Garcia

    President of the Electro Steel Corp.

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    Richard Alexander

    Prison Cellmate

I wonder how many people watch this nowadays and sympathise immediately with Chaplin's unskilled worker trying to keep up with the relentless march of technology? It starts with him being an unwilling guinea pig for a gadget that appears as useful for cleaning teeth as it is for feeding him - a cunning invention which allegedly saves time, money and increases productivity... Needless to say, it's a crock of the proverbial - but that's just the start with these wacky, frequently absurd, ideas that sees our hapless hero expend considerable energy and quick-wittedness trying to stay one step ahea...