Charlie Chaplin - Deleted Scene from Modern Times 🎥 (with piano accompaniment) Modern Times is a 1936 American silent comedy film written and directed by Charlie Chaplin in which his iconic Little Tramp character struggles to survive in the modern, industrialized world. The film is a comment on the desperate employment and financial conditions many people faced during the Great Depression — conditions created, in Chaplin's view, by the efficiencies of modern industrialization. The movie stars C

In Charlie Chaplin's 1936 film "Modern Times," the iconic roller skating scene was filmed using clever set design and camera placement to create the illusion of danger.A hidden safety platform kept Chaplin safe while he seemed to skate close to a high drop. The camera angle made the platform invisible, making it look like Chaplin was in danger. | History In Pictures