Edward LeSaint

Modern Times 1936

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.

Category: Comedy, Drama

Stars: Charles Chaplin,Paulette Goddard,Henry Bergman,Tiny Sandford,Chester Conklin,Hank Mann,Stanley Blystone,Al Ernest Garcia,Richard Alexander,Cecil Reynolds,Mira McKinney,Murdock MacQuarrie,Wilfred Lucas,Edward LeSaint,Fred Malatesta

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