chaplin

Tonight I had the opportunity of discovering, what I consider, a hidden treasure. A silent comedy of Charlie Chaplin, Modern Times (1939). I had no idea that a silent film would have that kind of effect on me. The background music and facial expressions of actors were more than enough to bewitch me for  one and a half hours. Prowess moves of Chaplin were at its best in a restaurant dance scene or even when skating blindfolded in a toy shop. The scenario was refreshing too, a love story of vagabonds, Chaplin and  Paulette Goddart, who somehow always end up in trouble in a quest to earn a living during the great depression.