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Modern Times

8.3

Released February 05, 1936Runtime 1h 27min

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!

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..

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Charles Chaplin Productions

Production Countries

United States of America

Finances

Budget: $1,500,000
Revenue: $1,800,000
Profit/Loss: $300,000

Stream

Rent

Buy

Videos

Cast

Charlie ChaplinThe Tramp (A Factory Worker)

Paulette GoddardA Gamin

Henry BergmanCafe Proprietor

Tiny SandfordBig Bill

Chester ConklinMechanic

Hank MannBurglar

Stanley BlystoneGamin's Father

Al Ernest GarciaPresident of the Electro Steel Corp.

Richard AlexanderPrison Cellmate

Cecil ReynoldsMinister

Mira McKinneyMinister's Wife

Murdock MacQuarrieJ. Widdecombe Billows

Wilfred LucasJuvenile Officer

Edward LeSaintSheriff Couler

Fred MalatestaCafe Head Waiter

Sammy SteinTurbine Operator

Juana SuttonWoman with Buttoned Bosom

Ted OliverBillows' Assistant

Norman AinsleyBillows' Silent Assistant (uncredited)

Walter BaconShopkeeper (uncredited)

Bobby BarberWorker (uncredited)

Heinie ConklinAssembly Line Worker Next to Big Bill (uncredited)

Gloria DeHavenGamin's Sister (uncredited)

Gloria DelsonGamin's Sister (uncredited)

Pat FlahertyJail Guard (uncredited)

Frank HagneyShipbuilder (uncredited)

Chuck HamiltonWorker (uncredited)

Pat HarmonPaddywagon Policeman (uncredited)

Lloyd IngrahamFrustrated Cafe Patron (uncredited)

Walter JamesAssembly Line Foreman (uncredited)

Edward KimballDoctor (uncredited)

Jack LowWorker (uncredited)

Buddy MessingerCigar Counterman (uncredited)

Bruce MitchellPaddy Wagon Policeman (uncredited)

Frank MoranConvict (uncredited)

James C. MortonAssembly Line Relief Man (uncredited)

Dorothy MuellerWoman in Crowd (uncredited)

Louis NatheauxBurglar (uncredited)

J. C. NugentDepartment Store Section Manager (uncredited)

Russ PowellGypsy in Police Patrol Wagon (uncredited)

John RandWaiter (uncredited)

Wyn Ritchie EvansWoman in Crowd (uncredited)

Harry WilsonWorker (uncredited)

Crew

Charlie ChaplinDirector

Henry BergmanAssistant Director

Carter DeHavenAssistant Director

Della SteeleScript Supervisor

Charlie ChaplinScreenplay

Charlie ChaplinProducer

Al Ernest GarciaCasting

Jack WilsonProduction Manager

Alfred ReevesProduction Manager

Ira H. MorganDirector of Photography

Roland TotherohDirector of Photography

Willard NicoEditor

J. Russell SpencerSettings

Charlie ChaplinEditor

Charles D. HallSettings

J. Russell SpencerArt Direction

Charles D. HallProduction Design

Charlie ChaplinOriginal Music Composer

Frank MaherSound Recordist

Max Munn AutreyStill Photographer

Frank TesteraGaffer

Morgan HillAssistant Camera

Ted MinorAssistant Camera

Elizabeth ArdenMakeup Artist

Bob DeppsProps

David RaksinMusic Arranger

Edward B. PowellMusic Arranger

Louis KaufmanMusician

Hal AtkinsProps

Alfred NewmanConductor

William BogdanoffConstruction Foreman

Bud ThackeryDirector of Photography

Don DonaldsonGaffer

Girwood AverillProjection

Frank MaherRecording Supervision

Paul NealRecording Supervision

Charles DunworthMusic Supervision Assistant

Bernhard KaunOrchestrator

Mark MarlattCamera Operator

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Reviews

by Andres Gomez

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

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 cun...