Modern Times
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1936 | 87m | English
Popularity: 4 (history)
| Director: | Charlie Chaplin |
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| Writer: | Charlie Chaplin |
| Staring: |
| 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.. | |
| Release Date: | Feb 05, 1936 |
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| Director: | Charlie Chaplin |
| Writer: | Charlie Chaplin |
| Genres: | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Keywords | factory, ambulance, invention, mental breakdown, automation, tramp, great depression, industrial revolution, slapstick comedy, jail, hospital, black and white, machine, pardon, silent film, unemployment, screwdriver, police arrest, wrongful conviction, communism, assembly line, prison break attempt, burglars, smuggling, orphans |
| Production Companies | Charles Chaplin Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $1,800,000
Budget: $1,500,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jul 30, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
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| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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) |
| Bobby Barber | Worker (uncredited) |
| Heinie Conklin | Assembly Line Worker Next to Big Bill (uncredited) |
| Gloria DeHaven | Gamin's Sister (uncredited) |
| Gloria Delson | Gamin's Sister (uncredited) |
| Pat Flaherty | Jail Guard (uncredited) |
| Frank Hagney | Shipbuilder (uncredited) |
| Chuck Hamilton | Worker (uncredited) |
| Pat Harmon | Paddywagon Policeman (uncredited) |
| Lloyd Ingraham | Frustrated Cafe Patron (uncredited) |
| Walter James | Assembly Line Foreman (uncredited) |
| Edward Kimball | Doctor (uncredited) |
| Jack Low | Worker (uncredited) |
| Buddy Messinger | Cigar Counterman (uncredited) |
| Bruce Mitchell | Paddy Wagon Policeman (uncredited) |
| Frank Moran | Convict (uncredited) |
| James C. Morton | Assembly Line Relief Man (uncredited) |
| Dorothy Mueller | Woman in Crowd (uncredited) |
| Louis Natheaux | Burglar (uncredited) |
| J. C. Nugent | Department Store Section Manager (uncredited) |
| Russ Powell | Gypsy in Police Patrol Wagon (uncredited) |
| John Rand | Waiter (uncredited) |
| Wyn Ritchie Evans | Woman in Crowd (uncredited) |
| Harry Wilson | Worker (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Henry Bergman | Assistant Director |
| Carter DeHaven | Assistant Director |
| Alfred Newman | Conductor |
| Al Ernest Garcia | Casting |
| Willard Nico | Editor |
| J. Russell Spencer | Settings, Art Direction |
| Elizabeth Arden | Makeup Artist |
| William Bogdanoff | Construction Foreman |
| Max Munn Autrey | Still Photographer |
| Ted Minor | Assistant Camera |
| Edward B. Powell | Music Arranger |
| Bernhard Kaun | Orchestrator |
| Roland Totheroh | Director of Photography |
| Charles D. Hall | Settings, Production Design |
| Frank Maher | Recording Supervision, Sound Recordist |
| Mark Marlatt | Camera Operator |
| Alfred Reeves | Production Manager |
| Bob Depps | Props |
| Don Donaldson | Gaffer |
| Frank Testera | Gaffer |
| Charles Dunworth | Music Supervision Assistant |
| Girwood Averill | Projection |
| Ira H. Morgan | Director of Photography |
| Jack Wilson | Production Manager |
| Della Steele | Script Supervisor |
| Hal Atkins | Props |
| Bud Thackery | Director of Photography |
| Morgan Hill | Assistant Camera |
| David Raksin | Music Arranger |
| Paul Neal | Recording Supervision |
| Louis Kaufman | Musician |
| Charlie Chaplin | Screenplay, Original Music Composer, Director, Editor |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Charlie Chaplin | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 28 | 43 | 18 |
| 2024 | 5 | 28 | 45 | 17 |
| 2024 | 6 | 26 | 47 | 14 |
| 2024 | 7 | 29 | 69 | 17 |
| 2024 | 8 | 23 | 37 | 15 |
| 2024 | 9 | 18 | 26 | 12 |
| 2024 | 10 | 22 | 44 | 11 |
| 2024 | 11 | 21 | 45 | 12 |
| 2024 | 12 | 18 | 26 | 13 |
| 2025 | 1 | 20 | 31 | 15 |
| 2025 | 2 | 15 | 26 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 2 |
| 2025 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| 2025 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 2025 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| 2025 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
Trending Position
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| 2025 | 7 | 910 | 948 |
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| 2025 | 6 | 399 | 746 |
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| 2025 | 5 | 69 | 546 |
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| 2025 | 4 | 145 | 658 |
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| 2025 | 3 | 114 | 702 |
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| 2025 | 2 | 947 | 955 |
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| 2025 | 1 | 698 | 838 |
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| 2024 | 12 | 925 | 945 |
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| 2024 | 10 | 922 | 922 |
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 cunn ... ing invention which allegedly saves time, money and increases productivity... Needless to say, it's a crock of the proverbial - but that's just the start with these wacky, frequently absurd, ideas that sees our hapless hero expend considerable energy and quick-wittedness trying to stay one step ahead of these "advances" - oh, and of just about everyone else he encounters as he struggles, comedically, along! Meantime, a starving, homeless, orphaned woman - Paulette Goddard - is caught pinching a loaf by a rather snooty passer-by, she bumps into Chaplin on the street whist effecting her getaway, and the pair are soon in cahoots together for more engaging escapades. Chaplin is outstanding in this film - his agility, timing and visionary direction - not just of the film, but of the portents for society at large - resonates just as soundly today as when audiences started watching it 85 years ago. It swipes at modernity, but not just for the sake of it , it's not luddite in outlook - just evaluative of what/who gets left behind - and that isn't just the blue collar workers either... The scenes on the ice skates in the department store are a delight to watch; charm, humour and agility all rolled into one - and I love his style consuming the rum! Definitely one for a big screen, there is so much going on...