Chaplin's inventive and devastating satire on the woes of modern industrialised life, featuring the last appearance of his Little Tramp character and his first use of sound effects. The classic scene, in which he gets sucked into a production line epitomises this film's clever inventiveness.
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PICCADILLY (1929)
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Shosho is a maid in a swanky night-spot when she's spotted dancing by the club's rakish proprietor, Valentine Wilbur. Soon Shosho has usurped Mabel as the star dancer and object of Valentine's affections, setting the scene for a dramatic denouement. A tenderly restored work, with a new musical score by Neil Brand, and a truly hypnotic early screen goddess in the form of Anna May Wong.
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WAY DOWN EAST (1920)
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A tale of romance, betrayal and redemption from the man many acknowledge as the first great film director, DW Griffith. Anna is a poor New England girl who moves in with her wealthy Boston relations, when she is made pregnant by local playboy Lennox she is forced to leave, but after the death of her baby she finds love with the son of the local squire. Way Down East is an epic and much copied piece of cinematic history.
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