Hart Crane: Chaplinesque
For we can still love the world, who find
A famished kitten on the step, and know
Recesses for it from the fury of the street,
Or warm torn elbow coverts.
Video: Charlie Chaplin Swallowed by a Factory Machine — Modern Times (1936)
In Chaplin’s last performance as the iconic Little Tramp, his character struggles to survive in the modern, industrialized world.
Joan E. Bauer: Echo Park
On the cargo floor of a battered Chevy van,
an old man is working. Lopez Shoe Repair.
Oxfords, monk-straps, derbies, pointed boots & loafers.
Seven days a week.
Cornelius Eady: Charlie Chaplin Impersonates a Poet
Here is the little tramp, standing
On a stack of books in order
To reach the microphone
Video: Charlie Chaplin — Modern Times “Nonsense Song” (1936)
. When Chaplin sang this song in Modern Times, he was internationally famous, but it was the very first time that the world had heard his voice, after two decades of … Continue reading
Video: ‘The Kid’ by Charlie Chaplin (complete feature film)
Email subscribers may click on the title of this article to watch the complete version of the film. The Kid is a 1921 American silent film written, produced, and … Continue reading
Video: Charlie Chaplin’s Message to Humanity
One of the most inspirational speeches in recorded history was made by Charlie Chaplin in the movie “The Great Dictator”.
