Modren Times (1936) Silent Movie, Comedy. Director and principal actor Charlie Chaplin
The story featured the Little Tramp, Chaplin’s famous character, who is trying to survive in the modern industrialized world. The film shows the Little Tramp working in a factory on an assembly line that never seems to stop. A feeding machine gives him food while he continues tightening the bolts on a moving belt. The Little Tramp can’t stand the monotony doing the same thing over and over and suffers a mental breakdown. He’s taken to the hospital, and soon recover. But he can’t avoid getting into trouble again.