Modern Times - crew, film crew

The entire team, the film crew of the film "Modern Times"
Modern Times (1936)
Timing: 1:27 (87 min)
Modern Times - TMDB rating
8.281/10
4047
Modern Times - Kinopoisk rating
8.114/10
29022
Modern Times - IMDB rating
8.5/10
284000

Film crew

Director

Producer

Casting

Editor

Willard Nico
Editor

Art Direction

J. Russell Spencer
Art Direction

Production Design

Charles D. Hall
Production Design

Makeup Artist

Elizabeth Arden
Makeup Artist

Original Music Composer

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Charlie Chaplin

Charlie Chaplin
Original Music Composer

Orchestrator

Director of Photography

Roland Totheroh
Director of Photography
Ira H. Morgan
Director of Photography
Bud Thackery
Director of Photography

Musician

Louis Kaufman
Musician

Camera Operator

Mark Marlatt
Camera Operator

Script Supervisor

Della Steele
Script Supervisor

Still Photographer

Max Munn Autrey
Still Photographer

Cinematography

Bud Thackery
Cinematography

Production Manager

Jack Wilson
Production Manager
Alfred Reeves
Production Manager

Screenplay

Props

Hal Atkins
Props
Bob Depps
Props

Construction Foreman

William Bogdanoff
Construction Foreman

Gaffer

Don Donaldson
Gaffer
Frank Testera
Gaffer

Assistant Director

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Carter DeHaven
Assistant Director
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Henry Bergman

Henry Bergman
Assistant Director

Music Editor

Edward B. Powell
Music Editor

Conductor

Sound Recordist

Frank Maher
Sound Recordist

Assistant Camera

Morgan Hill
Assistant Camera
Ted Minor
Assistant Camera

Music Arranger

David Raksin

David Raksin
Music Arranger
Edward B. Powell
Music Arranger

Music Director

Projection

Girwood Averill
Projection

Recording Supervision

Frank Maher
Recording Supervision
Paul Neal
Recording Supervision

Settings

Charles D. Hall
Settings
J. Russell Spencer
Settings

Music Supervision Assistant

Charles Dunworth
Music Supervision Assistant

What's left behind the scenes

  • The ‘feeding machine’ was conceived by Chaplin as early as 1916 for a full-length film about a journey to the moon. The film was intended as a satire on technological progress but was never made.
  • An English surgeon, Dr. Cecil Reynolds, played the role of a priest visiting a prison.
  • In the crowd demonstration scene, 3 posters in Russian are visible: "Stand up for what you believe in", "Sвобода" (exactly as written), and "Freedom or death. Union".
  • Chaplin was accused of plagiarizing René Clair's film "Our Freedom" (1931), specifically the scenes on the conveyor belt.
  • In 1989, the film was selected for preservation in the U.S. National Film Registry.
  • Production of the film began in September 1933 and ended on January 12, 1936.
  • Initially, the film was conceived as a sound film, dialogues were written, but Chaplin could not imagine the Tramp speaking. He also had doubts about dubbing for foreign release. Ultimately, Chaplin abandoned attempts to make a sound film and completed 'Modern Times' in the style of silent cinema with rare dialogues.
  • The "feeding machine" was conceived by Chaplin back in 1916 for a full-length film about a journey to the moon. The film was intended as a satire on technological progress but was never made.
  • In the episode with the demonstration in the crowd, 3 posters in Russian are visible: “Stand up for yourself,” “Sвобода” (exactly like that), “Freedom or death. Union.”
  • Chaplin was accused of plagiarism of René Clair's film “Our Freedom” (1931), particularly the scenes on the assembly line.
  • Initially, the film was conceived as a sound film, dialogues were written, but Chaplin could not imagine the Tramp speaking. He also doubted dubbing for foreign release. Ultimately, Chaplin abandoned attempts to make a sound film and completed “Modern Times” in the style of silent cinema with rare dialogues.
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