Charlie Chaplin’s “Modern Times” opened 85 years ago today. The romantic theme, “Smile,” is Chaplin’s own and went on to be become a popular standard, memorably recorded by Nat King Cole and others. 1936 was already well into the era of “talking pictures,” and this was to be Chaplin’s swan song as the Little Tramp. The concluding image of Chaplin and Paulette Goddard walking down a road, hand-in-hand, is one of the most iconic in cinematic history. Its message of hope in uncertain times springs from the struggles of the Depression. It’s a lesson that’s still relevant today.
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