LAUGH... CRY and THRILL TO HIS GENIUS..!

Starring: Charlie Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Henry Bergman, Tiny Sandford, Chester Conklin, Hank Mann, Stanley Blystone, Al Ernest Garcia, Richard Alexander, Cecil Reynolds

DML Rating: ★★★★★★★★★★ - perfect

"The Billows Feeding Machine is a practical device which automatically feeds your men while at work! Don't stop for lunch: be ahead of your competitor. The Billows Feeding Machine will eliminate the lunch hour, increase your production, and decrease your overhead." - The Mechanical Salesman

Why watch this? Chaplin's best films are like watching choreographed art in motion. This classic film is a real work of art.

Plot Summary: The Little Tramp works at a merciless assembly line conveyor belt, unable to keep up his repetitive job of turning two bolts on every unit. He suffers a breakdown, then is mistaken for a Communist and thrown into jail. Between jobs and jail, chaos ensues, all blamed on the funny little man with oversized shoes. Then he meets Ellen... and his heart is forever hers.

Dad's Preview: This is Chaplin's last film portraying the familiar Little Tramp, and it's pure perfection. As "talkies" hit screens, and the Industrial Revolution changed America, Director Chaplin gives us some biting prophetic wisdom about too much technology and greedy corporations treating their employees like machine cogs. He also interweaves a delightfully sweet romance between two vagabond tramps destined to be together. Chaplin was a true genius at physical humor and the timing of precise stunts, all designed to get the audience to laugh out loud. I dare you to keep a straight face during the Billows Feeding Machine test, skating blindfolded in the department store  or the Tramp's unwilling song and dance performance at the restaurant.

Charles Chaplin Productions; United Artists