Chaplin’s 1940 comedy uses comedy and satire to take on Adolph Hitler, Fascism, and anti-Semitism before America entered World War II. It became the biggest hit of his career.
The Little Tramp goes to Alaska in one of the funniest movies of the silent era, an underdog comedy set against an epic backdrop of snow-covered mountains.
While the rest of Hollywood was firmly ensconced in the sound era, Chaplin defied convention and made his 1931 romantic comedy into the last silent film from a major Hollywood studio.
