Modern Times (1936)
| Release Date | 05 February 1936 |
| Budget | $2,000,000 |
| Tagline | He stands alone as the greatest entertainer of modern times! No one on earth can make you laugh as heartily or touch your heart as deeply...the whole world laughs, cries and thrills to his priceless genius! |
| Genre | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Country | USA |
| Filming Locations | Hollywood Boulevard & Vine Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Language | English |
| Sound Mix | Mono |
| Color | Black and White |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Urban Comedy, Satire |
| Mood | Food for Thought |
| Themes | Fish Out of Water, Down on Their Luck |
| Tones | Humorous, Satirical, Goofy, Heartwarming, Quirky, Bittersweet |
| Tags | Boss [employer], Conflict, Employment, Factory, Factory Worker, Humiliation, Industry, Insanity, Machine, Nightclub, Orphan, Performer, Rampage, Roller Skating, Struggle, Survivor, Technology |
Modern Times is a 1936 comedy film by Charlie Chaplin that has his iconic Little Tramp character struggling to survive in the modern, industrialized world. The film is a comment on the desperate employment and fiscal conditions many people faced during the Great Depression, conditions created, in Chaplin's view, by the efficiencies of modern industrialization. The movie stars Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Henry Bergman, Stanley Sandford and Chester Conklin, and was written and directed by Chaplin.
Cast and Crew
Cast
Henry Bergman
Cafe Proprietor
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
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
Heinie Conklin
Assembly Line Worker Next to Big Bill
Frank Hagney
Shipbuilder
Chuck Hamilton
Worker
Lloyd Ingraham
Frustrated Cafe Patron
Walter James
Assembly Line Foreman
Jack Low
Worker
Buddy Messinger
Cigar Counterman
Bruce Mitchell
Paddy Wagon Policeman
Louis Natheaux
Burglar
J.C. Nugent
Department Store Section Manager
Russ Powell
Gypsy in Police Patrol Wagon
John Rand
Other Waiter
Harry Wilson
Worker
Director
Writer
Producer
Original Music
Cinematographer
Ira H. Morgan
Roland Totheroh
Editor
Willard Nico
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Casting Director
Al Ernest Garcia
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Production Designer
Charles D. Hall
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Art Director
J. Russell Spencer
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Set Decorator
Charles D. Hall
J. Russell Spencer
Makeup Department
Production Manager
Alfred Reeves
general production manager
Jack Wilson
assistant production manager
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Henry Bergman
assistant director
Art Department
Hal Atkins
props
William Bogdanoff
construction foreman
Bob Depps
props
Joe Van Meter
purchasing agent
Visual Effects
Bud Thackery
process photography
Camera and Electrical Department
Max M. Autrey
still photographer
Don Donaldson
gaffer
Morgan Hill
assistant camera
Mark Marlatt
camera operator
Ted Minor
assistant camera
Frank Testera
gaffer
Music Department
Frank Maher
music recordist
Paul Neal
music recordist
Edward B. Powell
music arranger
David Raksin
music arranger
Bernhard Kaun
orchestrator
Other Crew
Girwood Averill
projectionist
Catherine Hunter
press representative
Della Steele
script clerk
Joe Van Meter
purchasing agent
Production Company
Charles Chaplin Productions
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Distributor
United Artists
Dr. Hauser & Company
Tobis-Filmverleih
United Artists Corporation
Classic Entertainment
Manga Films
Warner Home Video
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CBS/Fox
Capitol International Video
Chapel Distribution
Continental Home Vídeo
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Fox Video
Image Entertainment
MK2 Diffusion
Warner Home Video
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