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Modern Times (1936)
8.6
Ratings: 8.6/10 from 65,164 users
Metascore:
96/100
Reviews: 154 user | 97 critic | 4 from Metacritic.com The Tramp struggles to live in modern industrial society with the help of a young homeless woman. Director:Charles ChaplinWriter:Charles Chaplin |
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Title: Modern Times (1936)
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Cast
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Charles Chaplin | ... |
A Factory Worker
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Paulette Goddard | ... | |
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Henry Bergman | ... | |
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Tiny Sandford | ... |
Big Bill
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Chester Conklin | ... | |
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Hank Mann | ... | |
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Stanley Blystone | ... | |
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Al Ernest Garcia | ... |
President of the Electro Steel Corp.
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Richard Alexander | ... |
Prison Cellmate
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Cecil Reynolds | ... | |
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Mira McKinney | ... |
Minister's Wife
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Murdock MacQuarrie | ... |
J. Widdecombe Billows
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Wilfred Lucas | ... | |
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Edward LeSaint | ... |
Sheriff Couler
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Fred Malatesta | ... | |
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Storyline
Chaplins last 'silent' film, filled with sound effects, was made when everyone else was making talkies. Charlie turns against modern society, the machine age, (The use of sound in films ?) and progress. Firstly we see him frantically trying to keep up with a production line, tightening bolts. He is selected for an experiment with an automatic feeding machine, but various mishaps leads his boss to believe he has gone mad, and Charlie is sent to a mental hospital... When he gets out, he is mistaken for a communist while waving a red flag, sent to jail, foils a jailbreak, and is let out again. We follow Charlie through many more escapades before the film is out. Written by Colin Tinto <cst@imdb.com>
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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! See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
(USA) See more »Also Known As:
Tiempos modernos See more »Box Office
Budget:
$1,500,000 (estimated)Gross:
$163,245 (USA) (24 October 2004)Company Credits
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Technical Specs
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Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording Sound System)Color:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1
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(1880) (uncredited)
Music and Lyrics by James Allen Bland
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Shown as the opening film at the newly restored Silent Movie Theatre (Los Angeles), by Charles Lustman' on November 7th, 1999. See more »Goofs
Crew or equipment visible: During the scene with the press at the factory machine shop, Chaplin leaves his boss's coat under the press, flattening his pocket watch. A trap door under the press is clearly visible as a stagehand accidentally leaves a corner of the coat caught in it, and Chaplin must yank on the coat twice to free it. See more »Quotes
President of the Electro Steel Corp.: [from the Telescreen in the restroom to the factory worker] Hey you! Get back to work!See more »
Soundtracks
"In the Evening by the Moonlight"(1880) (uncredited)
Music and Lyrics by James Allen Bland
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