Modern Times

1936 · 87 MIN · IMDB 8.5 · 270,718 VOTES · DIR. Charlie Chaplin

Overview

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..

ComedyDramaRomance1930s

Dialogue Timeline — 447 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:04 (SYMPHONIC MUSIC)
00:03:41 ---
00:05:13 Quit stalling, get back to work!
00:06:49 Its beautiful aerodynamic streamlined body
00:07:49 (JANGLING SOUND )
00:10:16 (SHORT CIRCUIT) ---
00:13:18 (MUSIC ACCELERATES)
00:15:49 ---
00:18:38 ---
00:23:16 (WHISTLE)
00:26:33 ---
00:29:03 ---
00:31:41 (STOMACH GROWLING)
00:36:36 ---
00:42:47 ---
00:49:31 (OMINOUS MUSIC)
00:52:00 (RHYTHMICAL MUSIC)
01:03:49 ---
01:07:14 ---
01:12:19 ---
01:14:38 You can hear those banjoes singing
01:16:47 (HE SINGS A NONSENSICAL MIX OF ITALIAN AND FRENCH,)
01:18:52 --- ---
01:26:30 PAL 25 fps

Cast & Characters

Charles Chaplin A Factory Worker Paulette Goddard A Gamin Henry Bergman Cafe Proprietor Tiny Sandford Big Bill Chester Conklin Mechanic Hank Mann Burglar Stanley Blystone Gamin's Father Al Ernest Garcia President of the Electro Steel Corp. Richard Alexander Prison Cellmate Cecil Reynolds Minister

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed447
Dialogue density5.1 lines / min
First line00:00:04
Final line01:26:30

Production Record

DirectorCharlie Chaplin
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,500,000
Revenue$1,800,000
IMDb votes270,718