Set around the year 2000, a mammoth city is ruled by the super-efficient industrialist Jon Fredersen (Alfred Abel) and, on the surface, appears to be a utopian dream with wealthy inhabitants living ... Read more
Playing a tramp struggling to survive in a modern industrial society, Charlie Chaplin created with MODERN TIMES, one of the most elaborate cinematic critiques of the effects of mass production on ... Read more
One of Chaplin's most highly acclaimed films, 'City Lights' is both a classic and a personal statement in which the master of pantomime proves the eloquence of silence. Combining wonderful comedy in ... Read more
Charles Chaplin won an Honorary Academy Award for versatility and genius in acting, writing, directing and producing The Circus. In this silent comedy, The Tramp finds himself at a circus, where he ... Read more
COUER FIDELE (True Heart) is a classic of early French cinema and established its fledgling director Jean Epstein as a major talent as a filmmaker. The film is the story of a barmaid who finds ... Read more
SUNRISE chronicles the murderous desires--and ultimate repentance--of a wayward husband. Deeply attracted by a sophisticated vamp who worms her way into the couple's simple country existence, the man ... Read more