Modern Times (1936)
87 min - Comedy | Drama - 25 February 1936 (USA)The Tramp struggles to live in modern industrial society with the help of a young homeless woman.
Director: Charles Chaplin (as Charlie Chaplin)
Writer: Charles Chaplin
Stars: Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Henry Bergman | See full cast and crew »
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>Plot Summary | Add Synopsis
