Modern Times

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Modern Times is a 1936 silent comedy film by Charlie Chaplin that satirizes industrialization and modern society through the misadventures of his iconic Tramp character.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf film
silent comedy film
characterPlayedBy Paulette Goddard as The Gamin
cinematographyBy Ira Morgan
Rollie Totheroh
countryOfOrigin United States
criticalReception widely acclaimed by critics
director Charlie Chaplin
distributedBy United Artists
editedBy Charlie Chaplin
featuresCharacter The Gamin
featuresElement limited spoken dialogue
musical score composed by Charlie Chaplin
synchronized sound effects
filmFormat 35 mm
hasGenre comedy film
romantic comedy film
satire
historicalSignificance often considered Chaplin’s last appearance as the Tramp in a feature film
one of the last major silent-style films
includedIn numerous lists of greatest films of all time
isBlackAndWhite true
mainCharacter The Tramp
musicBy Charlie Chaplin
notableScene factory assembly line sequence
feeding machine sequence
nonsense song performance in a restaurant
roller-skating near a ledge in a department store
originalLanguage English
portrays factory work
labor strikes
police repression
poverty
urban life
portraysCharacter Charlie Chaplin as The Tramp
producer Charlie Chaplin
productionCompany Charles Chaplin Film Corporation
releaseDate 1936-02-05
releaseYear 1936
runtimeMinutes 87
setInPeriod Great Depression
starring Charlie Chaplin
Paulette Goddard
theme alienation
class struggle
industrialization
mechanization of labor
modern society
unemployment
writer Charlie Chaplin

Referenced by (3)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Charlie Chaplin
The Tramp
notableWork
Paulette Goddard
starredIn

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