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Modern Times (1936)

G 02/05/1936 Comedy, Drama, Romance 1h 27m
83%
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8.5/10
98%
96/100

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..

Charlie Chaplin

Screenplay

Top Billed Cast

Charlie Chaplin

Charlie Chaplin

The Tramp (A Factory Worker)

Paulette Goddard

Paulette Goddard

A Gamin

Henry Bergman

Henry Bergman

Cafe Proprietor

Tiny Sandford

Tiny Sandford

Big Bill

Chester Conklin

Chester Conklin

Mechanic

Hank Mann

Hank Mann

Burglar

Stanley Blystone

Stanley Blystone

Gamin's Father

Al Ernest Garcia

Al Ernest Garcia

President of the Electro Steel Corp.

Richard Alexander

Richard Alexander

Prison Cellmate

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TCM Comments on Modern Times (1936)

TCM Comments on Modern Times (1936)

Modern Times (1936) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]

Modern Times (1936) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]

Peter Bogdanovich on Charlie Chaplin Film MODERN TIMES

Peter Bogdanovich on Charlie Chaplin Film MODERN TIMES

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Reviews

A review by Andres Gomez

Written on November 5, 2013

Really good movie from visionary and fun Charlie Chaplin in which industry literally swallows the human being....

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written on June 19, 2022

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 ahead of these "advances" - oh, and of just about everyone else he encounters as he struggles, comedically, along! Meantime, a starving, homeless, orphaned woman - Paulette Goddard - is caught pinching a ...

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