In what might be history’s most audacious case of “dress for the job you want, not the job you have,” Charlie Chaplin plays both a mild-mannered Jewish barber and his exact doppelganger, Adenoid Hynkel, the power-hungry dictator of Tomania (subtle, Charlie, real subtle). Our story begins in the trenches of World War I, where our…
Category: Silent Film, Comedy Starring: Charlie Chaplin Another Chaplin movie (a lot of his seem to make most ‘best movie’ lists and I can start to see why. In this particular one he reprise the role of the tramp and the movie opens with him taking a nap under a tarp that is later revealed…
Silent Film – 1936Charlie Chaplin Another visit to Chaplin’s tramp character. This time he’s working in a factory where everything is regimented and watched over (very big brother like) by the boss via television screens. Chaplin’s character is starting to show stress from the repetitive nature of the work and then goes off the rails…
Charlie Chaplin Silent Movie / Comedy In a reprisal of Chaplin’s ‘tramp’ persona he heads off to the Alaskan territory with just his cane (and woefully underdressed) looking to capitalize on the gold rush. He runs into a storm and takes shelter in what seems to be an abandoned cabin – but its currently being…