This movie intersperses funny and shocking. The former derives from Charlie Chaplin’s parody of the fascist leader “Phooey” (= Führer), which is quite funny even if not entirely fair; the latter is the sudden violence of storm troopers breaking things up in the ghetto. Even these scenes often have comic relief in the second Chaplin figure, the amnesic Continue reading…
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Though done in 1936, almost a decade after talkies had come into their own, this is essentially done as a silent, thus falsifying my claim Continue reading…
Last silent by Charlie Chaplin. He is the Little Tramp who thinks he may have a chance with a pretty flower girl, because she is blind! Seeing her threatened with eviction, Chaplin is motivated to take on crazy jobs, as well as hope for money from an on-again off-again friendship with a rich man; all setting up for lots of slapstick.
There are the hints of debauchery that are usual for films of this era.
A Charlie Chaplin comedy. Originally silent, but was voiced-over in the 40′s and it works well. (I suppose silent-movie purists could turn off the sound if they are willing to give up the music as well).
Many scenes tricked loud guffaws from me. The tipping-house sequence is well-known. This is not a “meaning of life” kind of movie; it’s for when you need to be tickled for an hour and a half at the end of a hard week.
Must like physical comedy to enjoy Chaplin, of course.
