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4) Modern times
Series
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
Full screen ver.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (83 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A devastating satire on the effects of mass production on the lives of factory workers. Shows Charlie as a factory worker, jailbird, night watchman, and a singing waiter. Primarily a silent film with music and sound effects, but voices emanate from TV sets and radios.
5) Limelight
Series
Pub. Date
2000
Edition
Full screen ver.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (132 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Set in 1914 London, the film stars Chaplin as an aging music hall comic who's convinced he can no longer move people to laughter. But he gets a final opportunity to shine when he saves a young, equally desperate ballet dancer from suicide, then guides her to triumph on the stage.
6) Gold rush
Series
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (226 min.) : sound, black and white and color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The Little Tramp searches for gold and love in the Klondike. Includes both a restored version of the original 1925 silent film, and the 1942 re-issue, the latter featuring a new score and narration written and spoken by Charles Chaplin.
Series
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
Full screen ver.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (120 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Chaplin plays the double role of the persecuted Jewish barber and Adenoid Hynkel, dictator of Tomania. The barber is imprisoned, escapes, and is finally mistaken for the dictator at which point he makes an impassioned, humanistic speech which amazes the dictator's followers.
9) Modern times
Series
Criterion collection volume 543
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
Full screen ver.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (87 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (36 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
Language
English
Description
When his boss demands more speed and efficiency, Chaplin goes crazy from his repetitious assembly line job. Primarily a silent film with music and sound effects, but occasional voices emanate from radios and television screens.
