Modern Times
Modern Times, Charlie Chaplin’s last outing as the Little Tramp, puts the iconic character to work as a giddily inept factory employee who becomes smitten with a gorgeous gamine (Paulette Goddard). With its barrage of unforgettable gags and sly commentary on class struggle during the Great Depression, Modern Times—though made almost a decade into the talkie era and containing moments of sound (even song!)—is a timeless showcase of Chaplin’s untouchable genius as a director of silent comedy.
Special Features
- Restored 2K-resolution digital transfer, created in collaboration with the Cineteca di Bologna, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
- Audio commentary from 2010 by Charlie Chaplin biographer David Robinson
- Two visual essays, by Chaplin historians John Bengtson and Jeffrey Vance
- Program from 2010 on the film’s visual and sound effects, with experts Craig Barron and Ben Burtt
- Interview from 1992 with Modern Times music arranger David Raksin, plus a selection from the film's original orchestral track
- Two segments cut from the film
- All at Sea (1933), a home movie by Alistair Cooke featuring Chaplin and actress Paulette Goddard, with a score by Donald Sosin and an interview with Cooke’s daughter, Susan Cooke Kittredge
- The Rink (1916), a Chaplin two-reeler
- For the First Time (1967), a short Cuban documentary about first-time moviegoers seeing Modern Times
- Chaplin Today: “Modern Times” (2003), a program with filmmakers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
- Three theatrical trailers
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by film critic Saul Austerlitz and, for the Blu-ray edition, a piece by film scholar Lisa Stein that includes excerpts from Chaplin’s writing about his 1930s world tour
New cover by Sam Smith
Special Features
- Restored 2K-resolution digital transfer, created in collaboration with the Cineteca di Bologna, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
- Audio commentary from 2010 by Charlie Chaplin biographer David Robinson
- Two visual essays, by Chaplin historians John Bengtson and Jeffrey Vance
- Program from 2010 on the film’s visual and sound effects, with experts Craig Barron and Ben Burtt
- Interview from 1992 with Modern Times music arranger David Raksin, plus a selection from the film's original orchestral track
- Two segments cut from the film
- All at Sea (1933), a home movie by Alistair Cooke featuring Chaplin and actress Paulette Goddard, with a score by Donald Sosin and an interview with Cooke’s daughter, Susan Cooke Kittredge
- The Rink (1916), a Chaplin two-reeler
- For the First Time (1967), a short Cuban documentary about first-time moviegoers seeing Modern Times
- Chaplin Today: “Modern Times” (2003), a program with filmmakers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
- Three theatrical trailers
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by film critic Saul Austerlitz and, for the Blu-ray edition, a piece by film scholar Lisa Stein that includes excerpts from Chaplin’s writing about his 1930s world tour
New cover by Sam Smith
Cast
- Charles Chaplin
- A factory worker
- Paulette Goddard
- A gamine
- Henry Bergman
- Café proprietor
- Stanley J. Sandford
- Big Bill and worker
- Chester Conklin
- Mechanic
- Hank Mann
- Burglars
- Louis Natheaux
- Stanley Blystone
- The gamine’s father
- Allan Garcia
- President, Electro Steel Corp.
- Dick Alexander
- Cell mate
- Dr. Cecil Reynolds
- Prison chaplain
- Myra McKinney
- Chaplain’s wife
- Murdoch McQuarrie
- J. Widdecombe Billows
- Mr. Ainsley
- Billows’s assistants
- Ted Oliver
- Wilfred Lucas
- Juvenile officer
- Edward LeSainte
- Sheriff Couler
- Sam Stein
- Turbine operator
- Juana Sutton
- Woman with buttoned bosom
- John Ince
- Warden
- Jack Low
- Workers
- Walter James
- Lloyd Ingraham
- Angry café patron
- Heinie Conklin
- Workman
- John Rand
- Convict
- Fred Malatesta
- Head waiter
- Gloria DeHaven
- The gamine’s sisters
- Gloria Delson
Credits
- Director
- Charles Chaplin
- Writer
- Charles Chaplin
- Producer
- Charles Chaplin
- Photography
- Roland Totheroh
- Photography
- Ira Morgan
- Assistant director
- Carter DeHaven
- Art directors
- Charles D. Hall
- Art directors
- Russell Spencer
- Music
- Charles Chaplin
- Music arrangement
- Edward Powell
- Music arrangement
- David Raksin
- Musical director
- Alfred Newman
- Music recording
- Paul Neal
- Music recording
- Frank Maher
- Visual effects
- Bud Thackeray
- Production manager
- Alfred Reeves
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