The Great Dictator (1940)
The Great Dictator storyline. In his first full “talkie” and his most financially-successful film, Chaplin plays a dual role as: Adenoid Hynkel, the great dictator of the film’s title.
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The Kid (1921)
Charlie Chaplin’s first full-length film (six reels) as a director. A sentimental, charming semi-autobiographical tale with both humor and pathos about Chaplin’s famous Little Tramp character adopting an abandoned infant from a woman “whose sin was motherhood.” An inter-title stated that it’s “a picture with a smile—and perhaps, a tear.”
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Modern Times (1936)
Modern Times movie storyline. Chaplin’s last ‘silent’ film, filled with sound effects, was made when everyone else was making talkies. Charlie turns against modern society, the machine age,
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The Gold Rush (1925)
The Gold Rush movie storyline. The Little Tramp goes prospecting for gold in the Klondike. Conditions are harsh, there is little in the way of comfort or food.
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City Lights (1931)
City Lights (1931), is generally viewed as Charlie Chaplin’s greatest film – a “silent film” released three years after the start of the talkies era of sound.
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