Modern Times
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..
Critics Sentiment
The Tramp becomes victim of the malfunctioning automatic feeding machine
The Tramp accidentally hits a policeman during the factory strike
The film dips slightly during the middle factory strike sequence before rebounding strongly with the beloved singing waiter performance.
Modern Times maintains consistently high audience appreciation throughout, with particular peaks during the iconic feeding machine and cocaine jail sequences. The film sustains strong sentiment across its episodic structure, with reviewers praising both the physical comedy and social commentary. The ending provides a satisfying emotional crescendo that reviewers found both touching and symbolically appropriate for Chaplin's silent film farewell.
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Charlie Chaplin
The Tramp (A Factory Worker)
Paulette Goddard
A Gamin
Henry Bergman
Cafe Proprietor
Tiny Sandford
Big Bill
Chester Conklin
Mechanic
Hank Mann
Burglar
Stanley Blystone
Gamin's Father
Al Ernest Garcia
President of the Electro Steel Corp.
Richard Alexander
Prison Cellmate
Cecil Reynolds
Minister
Mira McKinney
Minister's Wife
Murdock MacQuarrie
J. Widdecombe Billows
Wilfred Lucas
Juvenile Officer
Edward LeSaint
Sheriff Couler
Fred Malatesta
Cafe Head Waiter
Sammy Stein
Turbine Operator
Juana Sutton
Woman with Buttoned Bosom
Ted Oliver
Billows' Assistant
Norman Ainsley
Billows' Silent Assistant (uncredited)
Walter Bacon
Shopkeeper (uncredited)
Crew
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