Principal cast
Charlie Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Henry Bergman, Tiny Sandford and Chester Conklin
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Modern Times
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About the film
Modern Times at a glance.
Screen Path places this 1936 film at stop 81 in one curated journey through cinema. The learning experience adds context before you watch and deeper analysis after.
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...
Key craft credits
Bud Thackery (director of photography), Ira H. Morgan (director of photography), Roland Totheroh (director of photography), Charlie Chaplin (editor) and Willard Nico (editor)
- Director
- Charlie Chaplin
- Release
- 1936-02-05
- Runtime
- 87 minutes
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama and Romance
- Country
- United States
- Quiz
- 25 questions
The Screen Path journey
Before. After. Remember.
The featured film is watched outside Screen Path. The app provides the learning experience around it: a guide, an analysis, and a quiz with explanations.
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Before you watch
Start with a spoiler-free video guide to the context and filmmaking choices worth noticing.
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After the film
Return after watching for a deeper video analysis of craft, meaning, and legacy.
Contains spoilers03
Quiz yourself
Answer 25 questions with clear rationales designed to make the ideas stick.
25 questions in this journeyCitizen Kane is the complete public example: both learning videos and a five-question sample quiz are available below.
Start the example →Full cast
Full cast
- Charlie ChaplinCharacter: The Tramp (A Factory Worker)
- Paulette GoddardCharacter: A Gamin
- Henry BergmanCharacter: Cafe Proprietor
- Tiny SandfordCharacter: Big Bill
- Chester ConklinCharacter: Mechanic
- Hank MannCharacter: Burglar
- Stanley BlystoneCharacter: Gamin's Father
- Al Ernest GarciaCharacter: President of the Electro Steel Corp.
- Richard AlexanderCharacter: Prison Cellmate
- Cecil ReynoldsCharacter: Minister
- Mira McKinneyCharacter: Minister's Wife
- Murdock MacQuarrieCharacter: J. Widdecombe Billows
Full crew
Full crew
- Charlie ChaplinCredits: Director, Screenplay, Producer, Editor, Original Music Composer
- Ira H. MorganCredits: Director of Photography
- Roland TotherohCredits: Director of Photography
- Willard NicoCredits: Editor
- Al Ernest GarciaCredits: Casting
- J. Russell SpencerCredits: Art Direction, Settings
- Charles D. HallCredits: Production Design, Settings
- Henry BergmanCredits: Assistant Director
- Jack WilsonCredits: Production Manager
- Carter DeHavenCredits: Assistant Director
- Frank MaherCredits: Sound Recordist, Recording Supervision
- Elizabeth ArdenCredits: Makeup Artist
- Alfred ReevesCredits: Production Manager
- Hal AtkinsCredits: Props
- William BogdanoffCredits: Construction Foreman
- Bob DeppsCredits: Props
- Bud ThackeryCredits: Director of Photography
- Max Munn AutreyCredits: Still Photographer
- Don DonaldsonCredits: Gaffer
- Morgan HillCredits: Assistant Camera
- Ted MinorCredits: Assistant Camera
- Frank TesteraCredits: Gaffer
- David RaksinCredits: Music Arranger
- Edward B. PowellCredits: Music Arranger
- Paul NealCredits: Recording Supervision
- Alfred NewmanCredits: Conductor
- Charles DunworthCredits: Music Supervision Assistant
- Louis KaufmanCredits: Musician
- Bernhard KaunCredits: Orchestrator
- Girwood AverillCredits: Projection
- Mark MarlattCredits: Camera Operator
- Della SteeleCredits: Script Supervisor
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