Modern times – Historic Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare vintage poster captures Modern times in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Modern times
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A Copenhagen printing house produced this color poster for Charlie Chaplin's *Modern Times*, which the record dates to about 1954, nearly two decades after the film's 1936 release. Chaplin wrote, directed and starred in the picture, which satirized mechanized factory work during the Depression through his Tramp character's struggles on an assembly line. The film blends silent-era pantomime with a synchronized score and recorded sound effects, and it was among the last features to star the Tramp. A Danish poster for it shows how widely Chaplin's films circulated abroad.
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : color ; 85 x 62 cm. |
|---|---|
| Notes | Copenhagen : Dyva & Jeppesens Bogtrykkeri A/S, [1954] |
| Subjects | Chaplin, Charlie,--1889-1977--Performances. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,975 × 6,112 px · prints to 17 × 20 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-225780 |
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