The Tramp struggles to live in modern industrial society with the help of a young homeless woman.The Tramp struggles to live in modern industrial society with the help of a young homeless woman.The Tramp struggles to live in modern industrial society with the help of a young homeless woman.
- Awards
- 4 wins & 1 nomination
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Richard Alexander
- Prison Cellmateas Prison Cellmate
- (as Dick Alexander)
Mira McKinney
- Minister's Wifeas Minister's Wife
- (as Myra McKinney)
Murdock MacQuarrie
- J. Widdecombe Billowsas J. Widdecombe Billows
- (as Murdoch McQuarrie)
Edward LeSaint
- Sheriff Couleras Sheriff Couler
- (as Ed Le Sainte)
Sammy Stein
- Turbine Operatoras Turbine Operator
- (as Sam Stein)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
- See more cast details at IMDbPro
Storyline
Chaplin's 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. —Colin Tinto <cst@imdb.com>
- Taglines
- 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!
- Genres
- Certificate
- G
- Parents guide
Did you know
- Trivia(at around 1h 25 mins) Discounting later parodies and novelty films, this was the last major American film to make use of silent film conventions, such as title cards for dialogue. The very last dialogue title card of this film (and thus, it can be said, the entire silent era) belongs to The Tramp, who says "Buck up - never say die! We'll get along."
- GoofsAfter going on break, he turns both wrenches in the same direction. Before that he appears to be tightening them in opposite directions.
- Quotes
A gamin: [Last lines] What's the use of trying?
A factory worker: Buck up - never say die. We'll get along.
- Alternate versionsThe said 33 seconds last minute removal is this: "After the girl takes the diamond from the fat man, she had it checked and she found out that it was a fake diamond."
- ConnectionsFeatured in Ensimmäisen kerran (1967)
- SoundtracksHallelujah, I'm a Bum
(uncredited)
Music from the traditional folk song "Revive Us Again"
Top review
See That Little Man Over There? Remember When No One Was Better?
Charles Chaplin seemingly had been pushed out of the movie business by the early-1930s due to the advent of sound (a medium that just never seemed right with him). Chaplin, probably the best film-maker/performer of the 20th Century, did not despair though. He fought back with heart and emotion and by 1936 "Modern Times" was a major box office and critical success. It is a movie that quietly showed a man suffering through a world of change. As a factory worker in the film, Chaplin tries to cope with the industrial revolution and tries to make it through a quickly changing U.S. economy. He finds love with vagrant Paulette Goddard (who ended up marrying Chaplin in real life) and the two come together and lean on one another in a world of uncertainty and change. "Modern Times" is one of those films that will put a smile on your face, but it could make you weep just as easily. Chaplin's world was changing (and not necessarily for the better from his point of view) and he wanted to express the variations in his old way of doing things and the new way everyone else had accepted. Goddard is also probably the best actress to match Chaplin's charm in one of his pictures. Their love for one another (even though the marriage lasted a relatively short amount of time in real life) just seems to shine on the silver screen and they have a chemistry that is sweet and heart-warming. Beautifully made, wonderfully written, perfectly performed, smart, insightful and always brilliant, "Modern Times" is another film from Chaplin that will brand itself on the souls of all true lovers of the cinema. 5 stars out of 5.
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- tfrizzell
- Apr 30, 2004
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Box office
- Budget
- $1,500,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $163,577
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $35,809
- Dec 28, 2003
- Gross worldwide
- $461,455
- Runtime1 hour 27 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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