Charlie Chaplin Bid Farewell To The Tramp By Embracing Real-World Turmoil In Modern Times

Whether you're Bear in the Big Blue House or Johnny Carson, there comes a time when you must say goodbye. Whether it's because the general public has gotten tired of you, by your own choice or other external circumstances, there comes a moment when all pop culture figures must take their final bows and walk off gracefully into the sunset. This was true even for a cinematic icon like Charlie Chaplin's The Tramp character, who had been entertaining audiences for more than two decades since he first premiered in the 1914 short film Twenty Minutes of Love. Yes, even The Tramp couldn't last forever and so the character went out with a bang with the 1936 movie Modern Times.

Comedic Craftsmanship And Cute Doggies Make A Dog's Life A Major Winner

Chocolate and peanut butter. Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum. Michael Buble and music. Sometimes, two items that are awesome on their own manage to come together in a once in a lifetime even that manages to both enhance their individual merits and create something entirely new in the process. So it is with the 1918 film A Dog's Life that the individually outstanding elements of Charlie Chaplin and cute puppies were brought together to make a movie called A Dog's Life that ends up being oh so entertaining. Considering just how outstanding Charlie Chaplin and cute puppies are on their own merits, you'd have to be a real schmuck to mess up this combo!