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Chaplin's "The Great Dictator" at 80: Dreamers and Doers

A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on Oct 19, 2020

This is my entry in the Classic Movie Blog Association's Politics in Film Blogathon. For more examples of how this red hot topic is handled on the silver screen, click here.Spoiler alert: this is going to get political. Typically, I try (sometimes not always successfully) to keep politics read more

The Great Dictator: Beware of Bufoons

A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on Sep 29, 2016

This is my entry in the Dual Roles Blogathon hosted by the great bloggers at Christina Wehner: Classic Movies, Musicals, Old Books and the Great American Songbook and Silver Screenings. Check both sites for more fabulous cinematic doubles. THE GREAT DICTATOR (1940) In one of history's greate read more

The Great Dictator (1940)

Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Apr 6, 2014

The Great Dictator Directed by Charles Chaplin Written by Charles Chaplin USA/1940 Charles Chaplin Productions Repeat viewing/Streaming on Hulu Plus #144 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die   This has moments of absolute genius although I have mixed feelings about the concluding speech. read more

The Great Dictator (1940)

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Oct 15, 2013

Starring Charlie Chaplin with Paulette Goddard, this satire blatantly critiques Hitler and the Nazis. The film opens during WWI where a little solider (Chaplin) saves an important military man. However, as a result he lands in a hospital with amnesia. All the while the power hungry dictator of Toman read more

The Great Dictator (1940)

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Oct 15, 2013

Starring Charlie Chaplin with Paulette Goddard, this satire blatantly critiques Hitler and the Nazis. The film opens during WWI where a little solider (Chaplin) saves an important military man. However, as a result he lands in a hospital with amnesia. All the while the power hungry dictator of Toman read more

Classic Films in Focus: THE GREAT DICTATOR (1940)

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Sep 13, 2013

We think of Charlie Chaplin as a silent comedian, but he also made a number of talkies in his later career, the best known of which is The Great Dictator (1940), which offers a direct response to the global catastrophe then brewing on the European front. In this picture, made before the United State read more

Classic Films in Focus: THE GREAT DICTATOR (1940)

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Sep 13, 2013

We think of Charlie Chaplin as a silent comedian, but he also made a number of talkies in his later career, the best known of which is The Great Dictator (1940), which offers a direct response to the global catastrophe then brewing on the European front. In this picture, made before the United State read more

Classic Films in Focus: THE GREAT DICTATOR (1940)

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Sep 13, 2013

We think of Charlie Chaplin as a silent comedian, but he also made a number of talkies in his later career, the best known of which is The Great Dictator (1940), which offers a direct response to the global catastrophe then brewing on the European front. In this picture, made before the United State read more

Today on TCM: Modern Times (1936) & The Great Dictator (1940)

Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Aug 2, 2011

Despite A Mythical Monkey’s disturbing front line report that many people (albeit with legitimate reasons) have failed to see The Chaplin Mutuals, I’m positive that all my savvy, silent comedy loving readers have seen Chaplin’s classic features Modern Times and The Great Dictators read more

The Great Dictator (1)

MacGuffin Movies Posted by RBuccicone on Dec 20, 2010

The Great Dictator (1941)      Perhaps I was cheating by watching a Charlie Chaplin talking picture as my first exposure to the “tramp.” Nevertheless, The Great Dictator has me thoroughly interested in the comedian’s less talkative roles. Made in the midst of World War II, this read more

The Great Dictator (2)

The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Mar 29, 2010

I think this film made me laugh more than any other film, ever.  There might be some close runners up, like Snakes on a Plane, or that time my sister and I watched Napoleon Dynamite at 1am on a tiny minivan tv.  Unlike those two, The Great Dictator filled me with genuine, healthy, non-cynical laught read more