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Prepare your cinema screening

START
of
Charlie Chaplin's

CITY LIGHTS

Part 3: The bold choice of the silent film

The art of the pantomime

Modern times (1936)

Watch the excerpt from Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times (1936). 1) Explain what happens.2) What are the characteristics of the pantomime in Chaplin's cinema?

Part 2: The Art of the pantomime

L'apogée de sa carrière

Doué

Une scène

Un film muet

Un compositeur

Un cinéaste

Un réalisateur

Un acteur

Un film

Un mime

Who is Charlie Chaplin?

Vocabulary:

A pantomime:A movie: An actor:A director:A filmmaker:A composer:A silent film:A stage:Gifted:The peak of his career:

The bold choice of the silent film

The Jazz singer (1927)

Watch the excerpt from Alan Crosland's The Jazz Singer (1927). 1) What is special about what you watched?2) Look at the release date of The Jazz Singer and think back to the release dates of Chaplin's Modern Times (1936) and City Lights (1931), both silent films. Does anything strike you?3) In your opinion, why did Chaplin choose not to do a sound film?

BONUS: The first ever public screening

La sortie de l'usine LUMIère à lyon (1895)

This film was the first to ever be projected at a paid public screening. It is considered by many as the first movie ever.