Modern Times (film)

Modern Times
Directed byCharlie Chaplin
Written byCharlie Chaplin
Produced byCharlie Chaplin
StarringCharlie Chaplin
Paulette Goddard
Henry Bergman
Tiny Sandford
Chester Conklin
CinematographyIra H. Morgan
Roland Totheroh
Edited byCharlie Chaplin
Willard Nico
Music byCharlie Chaplin
Production
company
Charles Chaplin Productions
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release dates
  • February 5, 1936 (1936-02-05) (New York City, premiere)
  • February 25, 1936 (1936-02-25) (USA)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSound (Part-Talkie)
English Intertitles
Budget$1.5 million[1]
Box office$1.8 million (U.S. and Canada rentals)[2]

Modern Times is a 1936 American part-talkie comedy film produced, written and directed by Charlie Chaplin. In Chaplin's last performance as the iconic Little Tramp, his character struggles to survive in the modern, industrialized world. The film also stars Paulette Goddard, Henry Bergman, Tiny Sandford and Chester Conklin.

Modern Times has won many awards and honors, and is widely considered one of the greatest films ever. It was one of the first 25 films selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

  1. ^ Balio, Tino (April 8, 2009). United Artists: The Company Built by the Stars. University of Wisconsin Press. p. 131. ISBN 978-0299230036. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  2. ^ Finler, Joel Waldo (2003). The Hollywood Story. Wallflower Press. pp. 356–357. ISBN 978-1-903364-66-6.