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Modern Times is a 1936 American part-talkie comedy film produced, written and directed by Charlie Chaplin.In Chaplin's last performance as the iconic Little Tramp, his character struggles to survive in the modern, industrialized world.
At the golf course, the Tramp's theft of balls in play causes one golfer to mistakenly attack another. Meanwhile, a neglected wife leaves her wealthy husband until he gives up drinking. When the Tramp is later mistaken for a pickpocket, he crashes a masquerade ball to escape from a policeman.
In Modern Times, Chaplin creates a "portrayal consistent with popular leftist stereotypes of wealthy business leaders and oppressed workers in the 1930s." [ 10 ] While the Tramp and his fellow workers sweat on the assembly line, the president of the Electro Steel Company works on a puzzle and reads comic strips in the newspaper.
“The story of my grandfather, Charlie Chaplin, has been told many times, but I felt compelled to approach it from a personal angle through the eyes of my father,” said Carmen Chaplin.
However, in the majority of his so-called tramp films, he was not literally playing a tramp. In his review of the film years after its release, Roger Ebert says, "Chaplin was technically not playing the Tramp." He also writes, "He [Chaplin] put the Little Tramp and $1.5 million of his own money on the line to ridicule Hitler." [46]
The Chaplin Revue is a 1959 film comprising three silent films made by Charlie Chaplin. The three shorts included are A Dog's Life, Shoulder Arms, and The Pilgrim. All three star Chaplin's trademark character, The Tramp. For the 1959 release, Chaplin added a soundtrack to help appeal to modern audiences.
The Tramp, a janitor in this film, is fired from work for accidentally knocking his bucket of water out of the window and onto his boss, the chief banker (Dandy).). Meanwhile, one of the junior managers (Dillon) is being threatened with exposure by his bookie for his unpaid gambling debts, and thus decides to steal from t
UPDATE Nov. 14, 2019: While the live-action updates of classic Disney cartoons have opted to leave out scenes and songs that are out of step with the current times, the original films remain ...